Thin Wall Conduit Od

Electric metallic tube conduit protects your cables from magnetic fields impact damage and crushing.

Thin wall conduit od.

Item 72713 model 101550. The heavy duty steel conduit resists splitting kinking and flattening and is coated with zinc for corrosion resistance. The disadvantage is that it is more easily crushed and unlike rmc a nail driventhrough a wall can penetrate emt. All you need to do is turn it on be sure it s closed hit the zero button and then open them to measure the od and wall thickness of the pipe you are going to use.

Often called thin wall conduit to contrast it with rigid metal conduit rmc which has a similar sequence of sizes but much heavier walls. If the nominal size is the id then that means 1 2 pvc pipe walls are 170 thick and 3 pvc pipe walls are 0 250 thick. Compared with rmc emt is about a third the price and is also lighter and easier to install. 1 8 to 12 od thin wall aluminum tubing in 2000 6000 series and other series unlisted intermediate walls.

Thin wall emt steel conduit also known as electrical metallic tubing emt this conduit has thin walls that easily bend with a conduit bender and can be cut with a hacksaw. Metal tubing meant to contain electrical conductors. Vita needle offers commercial aluminum tubing in addition to the hypodermic medical grade stainless steel tubing that we stock. The wall thickness continues increasing as the pipe gets larger.

75 in metallic emt 10 ft conduit. For a downloadable version of this guide click here. The od for 1 2 pvc pipe is 0 840 and the od for 3 pvc pipe is 3 500. Hps ast 100 6061 t6 seamless aluminum round straight tubing 16 gauge 1 length 1 od 0 065 wall thickness.

Find od listed in the 1st column and thickness in the 3rd and then you ll find the classification for your pipe in the blue panel that corresponds to the od and wall thickness you measure.