Male and female adaptors
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If you mean plastic, both about the same, Female adaptors with the bush leave slightly more room in the box, as opposed to the Male where the thread sometimes protrude into the box, both push on the conduit and if you want you can pvc glue them on, but not always necessary.
Generally water pump pliers tighten the bush or lockring but some do up enough just by hand.
EDITED wrong way round
Generally water pump pliers tighten the bush or lockring but some do up enough just by hand.
EDITED wrong way round
Don't want to be personal rocky, but you may have your 'male' and 'female' a bit mixed up.
And I always call them couplings, or couplers. Or does that term only apply to steel conduit?
And I always call them couplings, or couplers. Or does that term only apply to steel conduit?
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In PVC, always known them as conduit adapters. Female by far the most common in my experience, as leaves loads of room in back box and where conduit terminates into trunking etc.
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