Gearing up for an electrical installation in a new brewery that is attached to an existing restaurant. I'm interested in running exposed conduit. I would like to use PVC but believe that I'm not allowed to due to the potential occupancy of the entire facility. There is going to be exposure to water/steam as well as corrosive cleaning agents. Can I use PVC or do I have to go with PVC coated RGC or aluminum conduit?
i've done two microbreweries..... you have two choices, really,
and aluminum rigid conduit i've never been allowed to use....
it was ocal, or stainless schedule 40 for both of them... and
ocal is the price leader. i have been allowed to use aluminum
unistrut instead of stainless, but all the hardware needed to be
stainless.
also, in the washdown and food prep areas, usually you can't use
strut at all, as it is a food trap. as many nooks and crannies as an
english muffin. i usually use SS minnies tigged onto a piece of 3/8"
bare stainless rod for a standoff, or tigged directly to the equipment.
if you use square stock, horizontal pieces should be at 45 degree angle
so washdown doesn't leave anything on the surface.