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| Topic: | What size conduit for Prewire This thread has 35 replies. Displaying posts 16 through 30. |
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| Post 16 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 06:58 |
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On January 28, 2011 at 17:25, SignatureSV said...
use 1 1/4"....you have to assume you will need to be pulling the ohh so dreaded HDMI at somepoint...
3/4 is almost useless and near impossible to pull an HDMI, i had to do it with a 11foot smurf and about gave up, i have no doubt we will get a callback for poor reliability of the picture at some point because we had to pull with so much force.....LUBE was also used. I couldnt imagine haveing anything longer then 11feet and trying to get a HDMI through.
I would also place a nice 2in ridged conduit from the basement to the attic and to strategic points like closets etc...and have the upper hand over your competitor and offer Fiber to key locations.....the fiber its self is pretty reasonable its the tools and time required to properly terminate them that drives the price up,But that wouldnt be done until it was needed.
ALSO you HAVE to remember when installing conduit to use large sweeps and not sharp bends... The 2" carlon resi-gard works well but like everyone said, the bends need to be wide sweeps. To the attic is a must from basemend/mdf. What type of fiber are you pulling to be terminated later? Brand? (I always thought this was a good idea... the expense as you say is in the jack/termination).
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| Post 17 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 11:50 |
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whose conduit are you using for the 1 1/4" and also 2"? thanks.
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| Post 18 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 11:55 |
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| Post 19 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 12:24 |
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Wide variety of conduit sizes available at your local electric supply store.
I suggest installing the conduit empty, it's for future pulls. Install the current cables outside of the conduit, fastened to framing members.
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| Post 20 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 13:43 |
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On January 29, 2011 at 11:55, SB Smarthomes said...
I do everything with the orange Carlon resi-gard... x2
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| OP | Post 21 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 13:59 |
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On January 29, 2011 at 11:55, SB Smarthomes said...
I do everything with the orange Carlon resi-gard... This is what we've always used also. The conduits will be isntalled as extra. The wires we pull today will go along side the conduit.
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| Post 22 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 14:18 |
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the size of the conduits should be as large as can be resonably installed. it may be physically impossible to run a 2" but a 1" could be installed. I have have jobs where 1.5" was as large as possible to fit. if you are running from every TV/tel to the crawl/attic 1.25" would be the sweet spot imho
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| OP | Post 23 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 15:10 |
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Isn't 1-1/2" the biggest hole you can drill through any load bearing studs? So I would think 1-1/4" is a good safe bet. It's big plus can be installed anywhere.
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| Post 24 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 15:44 |
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On January 29, 2011 at 11:55, SB Smarthomes said...
I do everything with the orange Carlon resi-gard... is it now called riser-gard? i don't see any resi-gard on their site. thanks.
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| Post 25 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 16:14 |
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Carlon site sucks to navigate. Just google resi-gard. [Link: carlon.com]We use 2" and 3". We don't terminate to boxes. We just dead end it right at the bottom or top of the low voltage ring. so that you can reach in and grab cables. For 4" we use the rigid conduit like this.  We use this to go in straight horizontal or vertical runs from basement to attic or control room to garage etc. "main roads" to areas of the house that will give us access to several rooms if we need it in the future.
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| Post 26 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 16:23 |
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Thanks for that. Think maybe it is the same as riser-gard: [Link: carlon.com]
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| Post 27 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 16:31 |
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Both of these are listen in the lower portion of the home page. Probably the same product with a minor difference to make one legal in commercial.
Plenum-Gard and Riser-Gard Flexible Raceways
UL 2024, NEC 770, NEC 800
Resi-Gard C-UL-US Listed, FT-1, UL 2024, NEC 770, NEC 800
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| Post 28 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 16:38 |
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On January 29, 2011 at 16:14, 39 Cent Stamp said...
Carlon site sucks to navigate. That's an understatement! They need to fire whoever is in charge of their web program.
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| Post 29 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 16:47 |
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On January 29, 2011 at 16:31, 39 Cent Stamp said...
Both of these are listen in the lower portion of the home page. Probably the same product with a minor difference to make one legal in commercial.
Plenum-Gard and Riser-Gard Flexible Raceways
UL 2024, NEC 770, NEC 800
Resi-Gard C-UL-US Listed, FT-1, UL 2024, NEC 770, NEC 800 Ah, thanks, makes sense.
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| Post 30 made on Saturday January 29, 2011 at 17:15 |
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I run 4" Schedule 80 PVC conduit to each location. :-D
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