One hole straps, up or down?

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One hole straps, up or down?

  • Up (Mounting hole above conduit)

    Votes: 25 16.0%

  • Down (Mounting hole below conduit)

    Votes: 63 40.4%

  • Alternate them

    Votes: 15 9.6%

  • Whatever looks good at the time.

    Votes: 29 18.6%

  • Never worried about it and will not start now.

    Votes: 24 15.4%
  • Total voters
    156
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steelersman

steelersman

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480sparky said:
75th post, and no one has bothered to wonder why the fasteners are loosening in the first place.....
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because the holes are bottomside. If they were topside then they wouldn't become loose on their own. And that's the facts.
 
steelersman

steelersman

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bradleyelectric said:
The right way is with the mounting hole below the conduit and the level on top. That is unless the level has to be on bottom to make it easier to see. If there is more than 1 conduit and they are to close together to have both mounting holes down, spread them apart enough so this is no longer the case. If that is not possible than and only than is it permissible to have the mounting hole up. That is unless it would really look better up.
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do the world a favor and stay near Baltimore. :)
 
iwire

iwire

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steelersman said:
because the holes are bottomside. If they were topside then they wouldn't become loose on their own. And that's the facts.
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There is very little in this thread that is fact, it is all opinions based on casual observations.

Up down, alternate ........ there is no 'correct' answer.
 
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active1

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Not long ago I was told a story about a debate at a EC about this. They asked the rep, didn't believe em so then called the tec support. Both times they were told hole up is how it was designed to hold. But then maybe it depends also on who the manufacture of the strap is. Some click on the pipe others don't. Some bend easy where others are made a bit stronger.
 
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roger3829

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Location
Torrington, CT
If the pipe is above eye level then the screw goes below the pipe. If the pipe is below eye level the the screw goes above the pipe. Or what ever way I feel like that day, or what ever there is room for, or to match the existing.....:smile:
 
weressl

weressl

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Mr. Wizard said:
Curious about how ya'll install your one-hole straps. Do you put them on with the hole over the conduit, or under the conduit (assuming the conduit is running horizontal along a wall). I put them on with the hole under the conduit. I had a helper who would put them on with the hole above the conduit, and asked him why don't he put them on the right way, IMO, and he said his way was right because if it is strapped to the wall, it is considered a hanger :-?. But either way that it's done, it should be consistent throughout the run.
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The poll should've had the option of two hole strap:D

Neither have you specified if it is an odd or an even day.......:)
 
peter d

peter d

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New England
iwire said:
There is very little in this thread that is fact, it is all opinions based on casual observations.

Up down, alternate ........ there is no 'correct' answer.
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Which is exactly why I chose "Never worried about it and will not start worrying about it now." :cool:
 
Mr. Wizard

Mr. Wizard

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Texas
A lot of ya'll have some darn good arguments about putting the screw on top of the conduit as opposed to under it. Around here, it's rare to see the screw above the conduit. The reason being is if the strap, for whatever reason, deforms out of shape, the screw will still be there to support the conduit and keep it from falling. There was mention about the screws coming loose, but case in point I have seen a scrap piece of 3" RMC fall from a guys lift, hit the 3/4 EMT straped to the wall (using one holes with a toggle bolt below the conduit), and bend the strap into submission, but the toggle bolt held way. Of course the strap had to be relaced, as with the piece of EMT that was banged up. A rare event, something falling from a lift :D. Or you get the guys that are so poor at bending conduit that the straps are the only things keeping it plumb and level. And then years later demo that crooked piece out, and it has so much tension on it that it springs out from the wall :grin:
 
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