WE COULD HAVE USED FLEXIBLE CONDUIT... BUT WE DIDN'T - Industrial electrical installation

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This video brings together all of the conduit skills we've demonstrated in our conduit bending series.
A practical application installing an external Scame GRP Advance 16A socket back to our Schneider Acti9 distribution board.
Of course we could have used flexible conduit or an SWA cable. However we think the full metal conduit install gives a much neater finish.
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00:00 Scame industrial socket installation
01:06 Scame 16 amp socket
01:51 Measurement for the back of bend technique
02:33 Important to position the conduit correctly
03:15 Tipp-Ex marks
03:37 Is it square and the correct length
04:24 Moment of truth
05:01 20 mm hole in the trunking
05:42 drilling at right angles
07:11 Measure piece number 2
07:48 Treading conduit
08:31 Measuring the double set
09:33 Bend at 30 degrees
09:50 Making the second bend for the double set
11:05 Position the second mark for the double set
12:00 Confirming the set measurements
12:26 Cooking with gas
13:30 Terminal box measurement
14:18 Back entry terminal box
14:35 Rapid saddle
14:55 Pop rivet
15:24 Long nipple
17:01 Long nipple completed
18:02 Zinc spray
18:41 Preparing the socket ack box
19:32 Mounting the enclosure
20:38 Connection and correct torque settings
22:23 Continuity of the CPC and polarity
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Пікірлер: 157

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

FULL METAL CONDUIT PLAYLIST 📺 👉kzfaq.info/sun/PLmWOIPxaBWH4rAGivqGVRyFh8X6cojCjM

@g.williamswilliams8442 2 жыл бұрын

A first class demonstration of steel conduit installation at its very best... ( been a long time since I did some).... maybe 25 years. That young man must do that day in,..day out to be that perfect,... My hat is off... Great work. .. Ultimately skillfull.

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words 👍🏻

@nearlyjuly7990 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see some cable tray bends and offsets on the channel. Tray can be a great install.

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned 👍

@thetruth6693 2 жыл бұрын

I take my hat off to you mate! I wish I was that good at conduit 👌👏

@liquidsnake6879 Жыл бұрын

I like how he keeps looking at the camera everytime he says something to the other guy somehow reminds me of those cheesy shows from the 90s love it, adds a lot of unique character nowadays

@acespark1 2 жыл бұрын

Good job there Gary, got to keep the young lad on his toes. The food doesn't eat it's self someone has to make sure it doesn't spoil and what was that bristley thing you had at the end ? I have seen someone with one before, they said it was for cleaning !

@Mike_5 2 жыл бұрын

As with many things in life the Supervisor needs to keep well nourished with regular snacks but a real top quality install done really well!

@alanbickerstaff868 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day I added an inch and 3/4 to the back of the bend mark and put that on the back of the former .bend it ,job done .Also you can add two and a 1/4 for bending 25mm conduit .works every time

@aquahits5674 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent demo you make it look so easy

@simonbmr 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video!

@vincentsharp2360 2 жыл бұрын

Never seen that method of measuring an offset. Why not (x2) 120mm for your 30° offset. Love the pop rivot on the conduit support.

@boblewis5558 2 жыл бұрын

What you were calling a "pop rivet" wasn't! It was a Nutsert or blind threaded insert. Similar but not identical device and process. Could have used a long reach pop rivet through the saddle though. 🤔😁

@MrNoobed 2 жыл бұрын

If your riv nut goes pop you got problems. Broke the threaded stud on my tool.

@dvrn86 2 жыл бұрын

Great process and work. I'd always use a pencil so marks can be wiped off after bends are done. Having worked I north America for 6 years I did miss the proper benders we used in the UK. Took a while to get used to their hand/foot benders. I did like their fast fittings and thinner gauge steel conduit though. The likes of this conduit run could be done I under 30 minutes with the north American style of conduit and fittings.

@jasonh5266 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I definitely learnt something. Thanks

@krishath7085 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, many thanks.

@alandavey1822 2 жыл бұрын

Really good vid informative and enjoyable. Thanks

@sukhi17 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this video 👍

@h8ryj 2 жыл бұрын

The way he threw the grips at 4:15 🙉 😆🤣

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@ja_adam_ 2 жыл бұрын

…oops 🤣 sometimes you don’t have time to put things down 🤣

@Keith-jj2oh 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to get him to make the toast and to point your finger 😆 🤣

@rondo122 2 жыл бұрын

that is an excellent video! congratulations!

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@moisesmartinez6693 2 жыл бұрын

Excelente 👍👌 gracias por compartir 😊👌

@zippymo672 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video Gaz! I'm mostly into domestic work but would love to break into commercial and industrial installs. Can you show some vids on swa terminations?

@avfczoff 2 жыл бұрын

Great video again lads

@misstakenot9582 2 жыл бұрын

A nice opportunity there for a video on some trunking work - I'd like to see those incoming tails protected.

@brianhewitt8618 2 жыл бұрын

excellent guys, thank you

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting and watching

@andysims4906 2 жыл бұрын

Super video thanks. Really enjoyed it. Not sure proper electricians ware gloves though.. Trouble is these days I fined most metal conduit is crap especially the spacer bar saddle clips and brass bushes .

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

Never used spacer bar saddles always stand off and bush heads got so small that sometimes they were smaller than the knockout

@ChrisNightingale-ex7fl Жыл бұрын

A good video but I have always been brought up where conduit boxes are not drilled / fixed back they are supported by saddles this then helps prevent water ingress

@joanofarc708 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful thank you

@Dog-whisperer7494 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video he is sh-t hot at the conduit work 👌very impressive, very well executed. Brilliant video Gaz as always 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️⚡️

@vincenthigginbotham8729 Жыл бұрын

Good job interesting tips

@dizshiz 2 жыл бұрын

Good Video… Love Gaz’s Banter 🤣 👍🏽 …. Great teacher 😉 But did anyone notice that the Unistrut at the back of the board was the wrong way round ? 🤣 The give away was the Zebedee springs were hanging out 👍🏽 Might be a reason for the strut to be reversed … But thats not how you mount a Zebedee 😉 I don’t miss threading 25 mil conduit 🤣👍🏽

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

You should have tried 2 inch conduit in the 60’s and with hand dies not ratchet,I was once made to thread a full length and cut it up into nipples for giving lip

@dizshiz 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyschofield7807 Absolutely been there done that haha 🤣👍🏽 I did my apprenticeship in the early 80’s … Working with a contractor at well known car factory’s doing all the indoor and outdoor lighting ….. Miles and miles of 25mm galv conduit …. i was a bit lippy too and found myself threading full lengths of nipples 🤣👍🏽…. The bad old good days 👍🏽 …. Still got my pipe vice and bender and stocks and dies 👍🏽…. They should use them to punish young offenders haha 🤣

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

@@dizshiz happy days when an apprentice knew his place

@ramphago1240 Жыл бұрын

very helpful

@davidwarner7238 2 жыл бұрын

Hi when you threaded the conduit to make a extra long nipple to go through the wall surely a coupling could have been cut cut down to cover the extra thread therefore giving a more solid Finnish. The long nipple yes was sprayed with a protective coating but I feel a coupling would be of an extra advantage D Warner

@davidcross30 2 жыл бұрын

We call them rivnuts rather than pop rivets. Great video as usual thanks chaps.

@tcpnetworks Жыл бұрын

We call them rivnuts or nutserts in Australia.

@thattoolguy9432 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work Jake, although id have whipped that biscuit out of Gaz's hands when he waved it in your face :) Like the use of rivnuts , watch all the youtube sparks adopt it like they did ferrules and fitting them on solid conductors hahahaha .. no bundy jokes... poor old Nick gets a hammering

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

I love NB *Gaz

@thattoolguy9432 2 жыл бұрын

Never met the bloke, but has a great channel and a bloody good apprentice

@petermichaelgreen Ай бұрын

You tested the R1+R2 to the socket, but should you not have also tested that the conduit was properly earthed?

@codename5797 2 жыл бұрын

Wow... Amazing video... Where can i find pipe tread tool like that?

@kevinrose9511 2 жыл бұрын

A few people have commented on here about the fact that you called rivnuts or nutserts, pop rivets. However, you must have known that there is a major difference between them and pop rivets yet you gave no explanation as to the difference and the fact that the tool is different from a pop rivet tool. Your videos are usually very informative but this must have left a lot of people who are familiar with pop rivets confused as to how you would use a screw with them.

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

Try using a bending block like we did in the 60’s ,you could bend tighter angles easily,every one kept their own block jealousy guarded because once it was worn in it was perfect

@andyglass3882 2 жыл бұрын

How do you make? Or where do you buy a bending block? The amount of times I have had to buy elbows or sweeping bends because I couldn't get a tight enough bend.....

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

@@andyglass3882 we had to make our own blocks,usually out of a 3 foot piece of 3x3 hardwood with a 3/4 hole at one end and an inch hole at the other.The holes were carefully drilled from both sides and angled to aid the bending but they took a bit of working in until a smooth bend could be made.Some guys used to burn the hole through to harden the wood around the hole to make it last longer.There are or used to be tighter formers for bending machines that made really tight right angles.Bending blocks took a lot of practice but could achieve really impressive sets and bends

@stevemeeson8317 Жыл бұрын

I was going to say exactly the same, bending block was the way, bending machine luxury !

@js64984 Жыл бұрын

Why no Lock rings or serrated washers? Aren’t all the boxes loose resulting in the earth through the conduit not being good??

@danielowens9824 Ай бұрын

How can i thread conduit without getting scratches all over the pipe or crushing the pipe?!

@lh2589 Жыл бұрын

Lol, Gary taking shithousery to a new level in this video 🤣

@Dranok1 2 жыл бұрын

What's the socket attachment you use at the end to tighten that bush? (None of the cheap-jack brass bushes I get from wholesalers have a nice metric A/F dimension that a standard spanner fits!)

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

The brocket - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebh2fZSEqcWWiqM.html

@tombickerton4114 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link or name where you can get them pop rivits from

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll dig out the info when I’m back in the unit on Monday - I purchased a kit from RS £££ which included the tool - Cheers Gordon

@dennisphoenix1 2 жыл бұрын

They are rivet nuts , not pop rivets as said . E bay sell them

@stevendouglas3860 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely and neat ...eFIXX guys. Is that a rivet gun

@harrymcough5545 2 жыл бұрын

That was good thanks for that

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Lloydy0105 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the time a few of us got ahead of the year and the college used us as free labour to get a few odd jobs done 😂😂

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻😂

@heladas90 2 жыл бұрын

Hope that commando socket is on an RCD!

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

It’s on an RCBO fed from the Schneider board

@tomwatts3426 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. However a craftsperson talking in cm and not mm sounds wrong.

@h8ryj 2 жыл бұрын

I take it you haven't met an old boy, who measures in inch fractions, as of yet then 😬

@fatboyloweksdee9741 2 жыл бұрын

@@h8ryj Iv never heard my electricians use anything but inches lmaoo

@karl06111976 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't really matter if the job gets done, and done well 👌🏻

@ja_adam_ 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t let it worry you… Karl knows the score 👍🏼

@RhylMotionNew 2 жыл бұрын

Tbh comments make me laugh as anything we measure is in mm’s - ex - next spot light is 500mm away

@ia4387 4 ай бұрын

Hi Guys, will there be a series on cable tray also please?

@rimmersbryggeri 2 жыл бұрын

What about push in fittings for the conduit? Seems that would save alot of time.

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

A few videos on the conlok system coming soon - watch for the comments for the traditional Uk electricians!

@rimmersbryggeri 2 жыл бұрын

@@efixx Yeah I can imagine. I suggested using pop rivets for joining trunking the other day. I mean pop rivets not riv nuts and that kind of opened a can of worms. Actually push in conduit might well be more water proof aswell if that was a part of the objective of the designer. What about using a countersink in a drill to deburr the inside edges of the conduit?

@Holdeenio 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely job guys. QQ: when did the live become known as “LINE” and what’s the thinking behind the change?? 🤔

@GchildLIVE 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know the exact date Samuel but I did my apprenticeship in 2010 and it was called the "line" conductor then as well.

@conarobrien9434 2 жыл бұрын

Not entirely sure when the nomenclature changed, but you hear live, line, and phase (less commonly) thrown around by various people when referring to a line conductor. the thinking behind it is, as the neutral generally carries current in normal circuit operation, it is a "Live" conductor, that also carries shock potential in certain circumstances.

@RhylMotionNew 2 жыл бұрын

Nice x

@1Woody 24 күн бұрын

Whats with the Batman sock?

@rodders1994 Ай бұрын

What’s the socket being used @ 19:48 ?

@dj_sparkks 2 жыл бұрын

6:28 isn't that spring nut backwards?

@julyborn73 4 ай бұрын

Can they be buried in a wall ?

@brianhowe2078 2 жыл бұрын

Good install bit didn't see a weatherproof seal at the wall or the back of the external box. In a heavy rain water could get in. Obviously I have presupposed the box is on the outside of the building.

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

We used a flanged coupling with lead washer.

@cjkokay 2 жыл бұрын

Those blind nuts may also need waterproofing

@shaynemacdonald3051 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on running couplers?

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Conduit Running Coupler kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otOJjK-G2qime58.html

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

I once saw an electrician having to use a 4 way box,he knew he would need three runners so he thought he would do those first and ended up having to do a fourth at the end,you could undo all four and take the box out 😁

@henryeadie7972 2 жыл бұрын

"Flexicon the conduit of choice for people who can't bend steel conduit" What did Bundy do to upset eFIXX 😂😂😂

@Hid3n2950 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Bundy has done loads for me and my family and is a fantastic man 👍🏻. *Gaz

@chrissharpe2106 2 жыл бұрын

I came to make that exact comment haha

@sparkiegaz3613 Жыл бұрын

Never seen the lead washer on the inside under male bush before only ever seen or put on face of the flange coupler if it needed a washer inside ide put a normal metal one

@karl06111976 2 жыл бұрын

Good job Jake lad 👍🏻 Like how he's says he'll " tek it on" Is he a Yorkshire lad?

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@ja_adam_ 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers karl! Yep Leeds to be exact! 👍🏼

@karl06111976 2 жыл бұрын

@@ja_adam_ nobody's perfect pal 😂😂

@dazdaz105 2 жыл бұрын

Great work. Still should have locked out the breakers or the board

@brianwood5220 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job Jake, you should get a job as a College Leacher, sorry Lecturer.

@stephenporter5886 2 жыл бұрын

I thought that the device that you fitted on the wall was either a blind rivet nut or rivnut - not just a pop rivet....

@jan-dr1xl 2 жыл бұрын

All that messing with levels and squares to get your bend position?why not use the ole add/subtract 50mm (best to double check your former) from the measurement to get were the pipe sits at the start of the former.Also get yerself some footprints,not only the best grips for conduit,but the handle doubles up as a reamer for cleaning up the burrs

@thoughtful_criticiser 2 жыл бұрын

Always fun to watch electricians do piping! BTW I paid for my degree in Electrical engineering by plumbing.

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Wise move 👍

@busman2000 2 жыл бұрын

Gary you are lucky that you haven't been given a Glaswegian handshake.lol How can you torture that young man like in all good conscience.

@ja_adam_ 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@charliechan22 2 жыл бұрын

You are using rivet nuts not pop rivets

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

We’ll spotted 👍

@Fishbait075 2 жыл бұрын

Gary, stop being just a flapjack to the staff! I'd rate that work an easy 9/10 jelly babies..... no, sorry let me "generic correction fluid" that out and upgrade it to a 10/10. Sterling work there Jake!

@Mike_5 2 жыл бұрын

All Commercial Electricians sin up to the Secret Pledge that what happens in the bending process stays in the bending process

@ja_adam_ 2 жыл бұрын

Loved doing this…. Like this comment if you think i should give Gary a challenge next so I can stuff my face while he works away 😆

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea 💡- pick a challenge which involves some sort of App - he loves them!

@georgetaylor853 2 жыл бұрын

I hope Nick Bundy is watching lol

@Dime_Bar 2 жыл бұрын

Just plug something into the socket and see if it turns on to test it.

@alexdougherty4905 2 жыл бұрын

Any chance of sending some of those inline wago to me please? 😉

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

They are out in the new year 👍🏻

@alexdougherty4905 2 жыл бұрын

@@efixx 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@grotekleum 2 жыл бұрын

A few more instructional video's Jake and Gary will be good enough for you to let him have a go - keep an eye on him mind, or he'll be skiving off for a doughnut.

@fishfienduk 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work, although you have ruined the ip rating of the commando, why not feed the bottom, then no chance of water ingress.

@IAAITKEN Ай бұрын

Going to need to replace him Gary, who knows who taught him! Only thing Jake knows is how to eat and avoid hard work! 😂

@oyleyhands1332 2 жыл бұрын

Pop rivet ? I know them as 'nutserts'

@raychambers3646 2 жыл бұрын

I do like a nice clean bender! Sorry conduit bender .

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

🤦🏻‍♂️😂

@grantpatterson1441 2 жыл бұрын

Pop rivets look suspiciously like riv nuts 🤔😉

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

Terminology trips these new starters up all the time.

@NicolasRaimo 2 жыл бұрын

Spot the new kid on the bloke... by only looking at the efixx top... hmm ones been washed a fair bit

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

😂👍🏻

@alanpowell24 Жыл бұрын

What an impressive young lad - I would even let him do MY electrical work…………

@conorgray848 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the apprentice was supposed to supply the sweets and treats????

@ericmarshall8133 Жыл бұрын

CUT LONGER bend it then cut the length this. makes it easy

@stuartalexander1933 2 жыл бұрын

I was always taught lock ring before a box or coupling to tighten against, also deburr before you remove the dia.

@StorminBriski 2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing your from Scotland. I worked with some lads from there years ago and that is the way they do it. I did mine as the above video.

@anthonyschofield7807 2 жыл бұрын

And a stand of saddle 9 inches from every bend,box or accessory and 4 feet between saddles

@peaceonearth9550 2 жыл бұрын

UK conduit, you should see how they do conduit in USA, it’s faster with pre connectors. I don’t understand why you guys use threaded conduit ends and boxes, it seems so hard to work with.

@jondonnelly4831 2 жыл бұрын

Basically how it's done in the States, even dometic.

@dringonator6911 2 жыл бұрын

I think Gary should be reported as a bad boss. 😂😂😂😂 Poor kids parched not even a cup of tea. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@andrewgray4356 2 жыл бұрын

Why don’t you buy a Chicago style bender greenlee? It has degrees and multiple shoes to bend up to 1” rigid

@HenryOCarmichaelSmith 2 жыл бұрын

They are riv-nuts not pop rivets

@JohnSmith-kb5ku 2 жыл бұрын

The young lad is a natural at the acting and conduit. Gary not so natural on the acting. Good show tho.

@imark7777777 3 ай бұрын

I think this video is worse than a cooking show I am hungry now.

@edgargarnelo1729 2 жыл бұрын

The only good thing about this video was the strap and the rivets, damn residential sparkys

@lilferkel4440 2 жыл бұрын

at first: thx for all the effort u put in this clip, but i doubt this way of an electrical installation is allowed anymore (at least in germany )- single wires in steelpipes?! wtf? this was meant to do 50 years ago. this is way too time consuming and too expensive compared to an installation with ether flexible plastic pipes or just NYM-J in those drywalls, eventhough h05-vk or h07-vk is more expensive than NYM-j etc. otherwise, they just do things different in the kingdom, they just dont give a f!?k about norms- not the first time for me to see an electrical installation, out of the kingdom, which i wish i would've never seen. i mean all of the existing wires u see, already installed, where just nailed to the wall. so whats the reason u choose to install single h05-vk/h07-vk wires inside steel pipes randomly instead of use a proper insulated cable nailing to the walls without steelpipes? i dont get it🤷‍♀ if i would do that i would loose my job immediately

@Hop-fv4ut 2 жыл бұрын

This was painful to watch, come to the us and learn how to properly bend rigid conduit. Running threads are a code violation over here as well. The contraption you use to bend pipe is so much overkill, just use a hand bender and the proper take up. Any IBEW JW would be fired if he took that long to bend an offset and a 90 😂😂😂😂

@efixx 2 жыл бұрын

If you think you can bend British standard conduit with a hand bender we’d love to see the video!

@tarassu 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolute nonsense for regular households :D This "protection level" might be required inside a CNC machine or sandblaster. Not in my basement. And definitely not for anything below 63A in any building. I would fight with my dear life to not let these kind of regulations apply here. Wasting money on sham-safety. Aka "I buy Volvo because it is safe for my kids".