Home Improvement Asked on August 9, 2021
When running EMT, my understanding of Code is that the conduit cannot contain more than 360° in bends. If more bends than that are needed to complete the run, a pull box is required.
Do angle fittings such as this inside corner pull elbow count towards the no-more-than-360° rule, or are these considered a pull box/pull point?
(I see "pull elbow" in the description of the product, which leads me to believe they do not count towards the 360° rule, but I don’t want to make assumptions).
Relevant Code citations are always appreciated. Thanks!
That's a pull point, albeit a possibly miserable one in practice. The latter bit being "informed opinion" as a frequent user of conduit.
As such, it "resets" your 360° (practically speaking, try to stay at 270 or less when possible - it meets code and there's less swearing involved.)
Correct answer by Ecnerwal on August 9, 2021
If you're not actually using it to pull... then you can't use it at all. This turn is far too tight to pull around. It will simply tear the wire.
If you're actually going to use it to pull... then this not only doesn't count toward your 360, it resets your 360! Say you have
===90 sweep===90 sweep===this thing===90 sweep===
That isn't 360 degrees, that's not even 270. It's a 180 section followed by a 90.
And this thing, which is a pulling elbow with side access, is a red flag for a thing you should really, really try to avoid.
An inside corner should be a sweep.
The better place for conduit bodies and pulling elbows is outside corners. In those locations, the normal lids will suffice.
This business about 360 degrees and access points isn't some arbitrary rule you must memorize and do for no reason. It's there specifically because conduit must be pullable. (or else it isn't conduit). The litmus test of "pullable" is that you actually do pull the wires into it.
Code requires you build (and finish) the physical conduit work before you pull a single wire. That pretty much "holds your feet to the fire" to build conduit properly.
Answered by Harper - Reinstate Monica on August 9, 2021
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