3/4" or 1" EMT ELBOW

[K8MHZ]

Evidently it is. Does it need to be short radius before it can be called an elbow? I have heard them called "sweeps" or "sweep elbows"

In my locale, a 'sweep' is a factory bend. Usually a 90. If we are doing the bending, the bends are just referred to by their degrees. 'Elbow' is almost never used by electricians and when they do use it they usually mean a fitting, not a bent pipe.

 

[kwired]

In my locale, a 'sweep' is a factory bend. Usually a 90. If we are doing the bending, the bends are just referred to by their degrees. 'Elbow' is almost never used by electricians and when they do use it they usually mean a fitting, not a bent pipe.

If you ask a new apprentice to get you a sweep - he might come back with a broom

 

[K8MHZ]

If you ask a new apprentice to get you a sweep - he might come back with a broom

If you would have asked me to go bend an elbow I would have went to the bar and had a beer.

:thumbsup:

 

[DavidA]

And around this shop we call an elbow with a larger than standard radius a sweep. For example 2" PVC 90x24".

 

[jmellc]

What I said was that if you see a job where they used nothing but straight pipe and pulling ells instead of bending elbows then you know the installer was good at using a hack saw and not a bender. Why would you think that I meant they were using pulling ells instead of elbows to go around an outside corner. :?

Whatever. We are somehow not hitting the same page at the same time. We will try some other time.

 

[infinity]

Whatever. We are somehow not hitting the same page at the same time. We will try some other time.

 

[cmreschke]

And around this shop we call an elbow with a larger than standard radius a sweep. For example 2" PVC 90x24".

Same here and elbows are just factory bends thirties forty fives or nineties that are shorter radius.