faster EMT fittings

[Zee]

These look cool.

Are they?

Push-in Raintight Connectors and Couplings - EMT

Fast installation with no disassembly required! Crouse-Hinds series push-in raintight EMT connectors and couplings simply push onto the EMT conduit without the use of any tools or additional labor.

www.eaton.com

 

[tom baker]

Clunky looking. A steel SS connector it fast to tighten. Cost?

 

[texie]

An electrical Sharkbite!

 

[petersonra]

Looks like you still have to thread on the nut to keep the fitting on the box.

 

[jaggedben]

Hilarious they show it with an indoor box.

Can they be undone?

 

[jusme123]

Hilarious they show it with an indoor box.

Can they be undone?

Thought the same thing, I wouldn’t expect that from Crouse Hinds... just stupid

 

[480sparky]

Saves 12 seconds, costs $8.00 more.

 

[kwired]

Saves 12 seconds, costs $8.00 more.

Most the RT's I've ever used often need disassembled to get the tube in, maybe about 10-15% will go in without disassembly. And the colder it is when installing the more likely it becomes 100% need disassembly. That saves more than 12 seconds, probably still not worth $8.00 extra though.

 

[LarryFine]

I intentionally disassemble such connectors to install them.

 

[Zee]

$2.38 for push in connectors
$0.89 for standard compression connector

 

[Zee]

Yeah , they are ugly.
Do I care?

That small 1/2" EMT coupling is a piece that is often installed on top of a 28' extension ladder against a wall,
or
.....on a pitched roof, while hunching/bending over to ground level, in 90 degree heat, requiring 2 channel locks and a bit of time.
Often you are messing with two wrenches directly above your co worker who is hanging the inverter......
Multiply that labor by many many couplings.

And yeah, like mentioned above, these conn.s now have 3 little plastic and metal rings/gaskets inside. They are guaranteed to jam and 10% of the time are missing to begin with.

I am not sold, but I am interested.

Anything that gets my guys home at 2 pm rather than 3:30 PM, and also minimizes time spent on roof, is going to make them happier employees.

 

[Zee]

Plumbers now have this crimper that crimps conn.s and coupl.s onto copper pipe....game changer vs solder, flux paste, butane torch and wire brush on every joint.

we need that for our trade.

 

[kwired]

Plumbers now have this crimper that crimps conn.s and coupl.s onto copper pipe....game changer vs solder, flux paste, butane torch and wire brush on every joint.

we need that for our trade.

A lot of what we do does not need to be liquid or gas tight.

I've seen pro press fittings that failed as well - most the time was installer error though.

 

[jusme123]

Plumbers now have this crimper that crimps conn.s and coupl.s onto copper pipe....game changer vs solder, flux paste, butane torch and wire brush on every joint.

we need that for our trade.

Be careful what you wish for

 

[480sparky]

Plumbers now have this crimper that crimps conn.s and coupl.s onto copper pipe....game changer vs solder, flux paste, butane torch and wire brush on every joint............

And they still cry about how rough their jobs are.

 

[SceneryDriver]

Plumbers now have this crimper that crimps conn.s and coupl.s onto copper pipe....game changer vs solder, flux paste, butane torch and wire brush on every joint.

we need that for our trade.

We need that.. until the revolt begins over the $3k cost of the code-mandated crimping tool and dies. It would make the AFCI debacle look like a tea party.


SceneryDriver