Do You Know Your PVC Conduit - Sizes, Types, Colour, Saddles, Expansion Coupler & Boxes - Explained

In this video we look at the different colour, sizes, types, fixing and boxes available for PVC conduit. This video will help learners at level 1, level 2 and in the early stages of an electrical apprenticeship.
Plastic conduit for electrical wiring
PVC conduit colours - black and white
PVC conduit sizes - 16mm, 20mm 25mm and 32mm
PVC conduit types - heavy gauge and light gauge
PVC conduit saddles - plain saddle, crampet and spacer bar saddle
PVC conduit Boxes - end box, tee box, through box, angle box, tangent box, terminal box, inspection box, elbows, back entry, and 4 way boxes
How and why we need to use expansion couples In long straight runs of PVC conduit
== 🕐 Time Stamps - Cut to the action 🕕 ==
00:00 - All about PVC conduit
01:18 - Sizes of PVC conduit
01:49 - Black and white WHY...
03:01 - Saddles
04:38 - Male and female adaptors
05:09 - Different types of conduit boxes
05:53 - PVC conduit glue (solvent weld)
06:05 - PPE
07:15 - Expansion coupler
08:49 - Inspection boxes
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☑️ link to my conduit notes on the eFIXX apprentice hub www.efixx.co.uk/Apprentice%20...
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[@aihtiram]

7:26 From personal experience I can tell you I personally experience this 😂

[@mr_sha_11]

Thanks for sharing this information about PVC conduit. ❤️

[@AdventTerra]

Love your videos. DIYer doing extension job, very comprehensive thank you

[@hunchbackaudio]

In the Netherlands I’ve learned to use PVC conduit in the seventies, since it’s mandatory here, but I’ve never ever seen it glued? The clips mostly used are nailed clips with the nail already in, way faster to install and if you clip it properly it won’t come apart when pulling the wires. Also we use spring benders and if the corners are very challenging flexible conduit.

[@seandempsey7351]

Love PVC conduit, so easy to install and bend . The white should not be used out doors as it can adsorb uv like and deteriorate , it can also become discoloured ie turn a light yellow. Fantastic video as always Gaz👍👍👍👍❤️

[@dalison1]

Very helpful and very clear. Thanks

[@GSHElectrical]

You are welcome! thanks for watching

[@MrJokerh61]

Thank you for sharing your video it was very helpful 😊 very easy to understand

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks much appreciated 👍🏻

[@oUncEblUnt420]

Thank you brother, very helpful

[@GSHElectrical]

Massive thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@mrpat2563]

Thankyou very helpful video

[@yvancormier-scott1378]

thanks very much, very useful.

[@GSHElectrical]

You're welcome! 👍🏻

[@paulmeynell8866]

That’s awesome I have a home workshop I need to wire , very helpful. One question why can’t you install it below zero?

[@VanyaYani]

I think it's because it's brittle at freezing temperatures, so it will likely to crack when you bend it or cut it. Also, it'll expand in summer and will bend.

[@anthonystark6372]

Any advise would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@robertsmall1715]

Would petroleum jelly on a slip joint contaminate the pvc cable if over applied, I would use silicone grease

[@GSHElectrical]

👍🏻

[@alphamegansw]

In oz , white is a different size to electrical ( as in grey)..and white is generally for Comms….

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks for the input 👍🏻… Gaz

[@ashyum6913]

When can i use plastic conduit?

[@anthonystark6372]

Hi guys. I have a question. I have a s.w.a. cable clipped to the outside of a house and then buried in concrete and appearing again at a garage supplying a consumer unit. The length of the cable is approximately 15metres. I believe that it is 6mm. There is a 30m/a rcd fused spur in the house protecting the s.w.a. fed from a 'b' type mcb in the consumer's main board rated at 20 amps.
The consumer unit in the garage is supplying three twin sockets and two flourescent light fittings. The small ring in the garage is supplied with a 20 amp 'b' type m.c.b. and the lights are supplied by a 6 amp 'b' type m.c.b. and a 45amp main switch is incorporated in the consumer unit.
I have trip-tested the sockets and the r.c.d. in the spur goes out well within the specified time. I think it was 11ms to be precise. Is this method of wiring compatible with 18th edition wiring regulations or should i disconnect the earth from the s.w.a. and spike it with a T.T. earthing arrangement totally separate to the PME of the house?

[@purelyrical974]

Do you need a level 2 diploma or a level 3 diploma to be an electrical improver?

[@nathangatenby5744]

What the hell is an electrical improver

[@michaelsinger5851]

Yes this video is absolutely useless as an American lmao but you seem to be an amazing teacher, keep up the good work

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks I Think… 🤔

[@harishmannar]

Am not going to like video, a hug from my side dear