electrical conduit for wiring

[HawkEye244]

I saw this on youtube and I thought it was quite a neat idea :

If you can't load a video here is a picture :

I'm curious to know whether anyone else does this?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Does what?

Use a wood chisel to remove plaster?

Nope, not I.

 

[flameport]

Two bits of conduit in the wall, which are not connected to the socket box or anything else.
How exactly will the wires be installed?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I didn't watch to the end - I didn't think I could learn anything useful about a topic I already know well, from a bandit who uses a wood chisel on plaster.

It's PVC conduit, isn't it?

 

[flameport]

Black pvc conduit, just 2 short bits placed in the wall.

The wood chisel is also used to remove the knockouts in the metal box.

 

[HawkEye244]

I do wonder sometimes about the mental state of some people on the internet

 

[HawkEye244]

Black pvc conduit, just 2 short bits placed in the wall.

The wood chisel is also used to remove the knockouts in the metal box.

I've noticed pretty much everyone in electrical forum has the tendency to post in a way which causes me to have to re-read their post 5-10times to extract the message from it.

 

[flameport]

I saw this on youtube and I thought it was quite a neat idea :

What part of the video was the neat idea?

 

[HawkEye244]

What part of the video was the neat idea?

Why don't you explain what you mean in a way that I can understand it ?

At the moment I don't have a clue what you're going on about.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why don't you explain what you mean in a way that I can understand it ?

At the moment I don't have a clue what you're going on about.

OK.

The video.

The video which you saw on YouTube.

The video which you saw on YouTube and thought showed a neat idea.

Which part of that video contained the neat idea?

Or, alternatively, what was the neat idea?

 

[HawkEye244]

OK.

The video.

The video which you saw on YouTube.

The video which you saw on YouTube and thought showed a neat idea.

Which part of that video contained the neat idea?

Or, alternatively, what was the neat idea?

I think you need serious help mate, still here month after month trolling, what you get out of it no one knows. I can live with it but it's very offputting for new members.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I saw this on youtube and I thought it was quite a neat idea :

I'm curious to know whether anyone else does this?

Yes.

I quite often watch You Tube.

 

[securespark]

Thank you yet again for making a man in pain smile!

 

[sparkwright]

I thought the video generally showed how to chase walls and fit boxes - quite tidy work really - apart from the wood chisel. A good video for DIYers, makes a change not having fancy power tools which a DIYer wouldn't have.

The title of this topic suggests the conduit should be focussed on. Nothing new with using conduit, round or oval. Conduit or capping makes a good job.

No conduit fittings fitted to the box, but then again not really essential.

Maybe the op likes the idea of fitting all the boxes and plastering first, then the wiring can be added later. This would be useful if a DIYer does the chasing, and an electrician does the wiring.

 

[SimonH2]

I too was wondering "where's the neat idea ?" It's more or less what I've always done, because that's how my dad taught me to do it.
But if you use white oval, you have a lot less chasing to do into the brick (which in our house is 'kin 'ard and really hard to chase into without knocking the plaster off the other side of the wall). A set of nibblers opens a hole up to allow the oval to fit into the box.

I see two advantages for using conduit (if done properly) :
1) it allows easy adds/changes - especially useful for a DIYer re-wiring the house a room at a time as you decorate.
2) it allows a bit of slack to be left under the floorboards, meaning that mistakes while preparing the ends and fitting the accessories are less of a problem.