Anyone know what this is called?

[davedottcom]

I've never seen one of these before...It transitions knob & tube wiring into a conduit. I know what it does, I just don't know what it's called!

 

[INSPECTORFABS]

Inspectorfabs

Inspectorfabs

This is a AC to knob and tube adapter you I see alot of this type of wiring in older homes .

 

[davedottcom]

Yes, like I said, I know what it does, just don't know what it's called.
The only markings I found on it were:

PAISTE
PATENETED
4112
LICENSED

I googled those terms but haven't found anything that tells me what it's called.

 

[paul]

OBSOLETE! That would be my best guess.

 

[davedottcom]

OBSOLETE! That would be my best guess.

gee Thanks! That's a big help!

 

[mike7330]

It's a electrical fitting!

I believe it's a old weatherhead.

 

[K8MHZ]

It's a 'cat's paw' terminal fitting made by H.T. Paiste of Philadelphia.

I will try to find a link, but it's used to switch from knob and tube to BX.

To add:

It is used to make the transition without a box. 300.16 says (in part) 'box, conduit body or terminal fitting having a separately bushed hole for each conductor shall be used...'

 

[al hildenbrand]

I know what it does, I just don't know what it's called!

This was actually at test question on my first journeyman's and master's exams. The correct answer, for those tests, was "bird's eye."

It is, of course, trade jargon. So, there are other popular terms, such as Marky's.

 

[al hildenbrand]

I have also heard similar fittings, especially those used on the end of BX, called a "monkey face".