Spearos Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Soon I will be 'sorting out' the wiring in my garage. Plan is to run PVC conduit from any sockets/switches to ceiling level. One particular socket will require conduit with 1 x 90 degree bend in it. Now, call me tight but I don't want to buy bending springs just to use once. so, does anyone have any suggestions/tricks on how to bend conduit without springs? I'm sure I've read somewhere before about packing with sand - would this work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Use a 90o bend instead, thats what we use, inspection elbows I think they're called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 The bends are cheap if you go to an electrical wholesaler as opposed to diy superstore. If you want to bend plastic conduit I've had good luck with a hotair paint stripper and not packing the conduit, just make the bend a large radius and make sure you heat the plastic evenly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 You can use a bending spring, but for a one off, either an inspection bend or elbow (tighter radius) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Cheers guys - simple solution there! I have a TLC Direct near me, they appear quite reasonable? One other question I have is regarding the adaptors - it's clear why they're called male and female, but why would you use one over the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Cheers guys - simple solution there! I have a TLC Direct near me, they appear quite reasonable? One other question I have is regarding the adaptors - it's clear why they're called male and female, but why would you use one over the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 2 Reasons, 1, If you use a male in takes up space in the socket box/accesories etc, if you use a female, it's is tight to the top of the box, 2, A lot of accessories come with a 20mm thread, and with the male they just screw in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 2 Reasons, 1, If you use a male in takes up space in the socket box/accesories etc, if you use a female, it's is tight to the top of the box, 2, A lot of accessories come with a 20mm thread, and with the male they just screw in All makes sense - thanks for clearing that up Lesmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Using a 90Deg with the cover will also make pulling the cables 10x easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisW70 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I've got a 20mm bending spring if you want to cover the postage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Using a 90Deg with the cover will also make pulling the cables 10x easier It probably does... but in this scenario the conduit run will only be 1.5m tops, so pulling the cable shouldn't be a problem? I've got a 20mm bending spring if you want to cover the postage... Very kind offer there Chris, Thanks. However I think I'll go with buying an elbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Depends on the cable size, but if its only that far it shouldn't be too bad at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 We use a Hilmor bender at work for bending this stuff. Works a treat and much less agro than pissing about with bending springs etc. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony110 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 When I trained as a plumber, they taught us on plastic pipe to pack it very tightly with sand to stop it collapsing and then very gently heat it up to bend it. But the fittings ate very cheap, when I did my workshop I brought a job lot of eBay for next to nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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