Which conduit ?

[Guest569]

Im pricing some external lighting on several industrial units which are all joined. One long length of conduit will suit although its around 150-200yards long. Nice straightforward run with no bends. Its around 8m high and away from any mechanical damage, my only concern is sun damage over time.

Galvanised conduit would be best but a) its going to add a considerable cost to job and b) its going to take much longer to install.

is white PVC ok , should I install black PVC, or should I risk losing the job pricing for galvy ?

The customer will likely want cheapest.

 

[Guest569]

Careful now ............. Del and Rodney Smash the Chandelier - Only Fools and Horses - BBC - YouTube

Lol , First thing that came to mind when viewing this job ...

 

[Risteard]

Hi-Tuff can be a pain to strip though.

Yep just stuffing glands...it's more expensive than armoured though even with glands...

Well it was a year ago when I last used it lol...

 

[londonlec]

Hi-Tuff can be a pain to strip though.

I find it hard to look neat too. Sags between cleats.

 

[atm84]

Why not wire into sockets....and plug each light in. That way any maintenance would not affect the other lights.

 

[Risteard]

I find it hard to look neat too. Sags between cleats.

Agree entirely.

 

[D Skelton]

This is an external EM lighting circuit wired in NYY-J, ok you can't see the whole length but from what you can see, it isn't sagging at all.

View attachment 22693

 

[Brightspark2]

This is an external EM lighting circuit wired in NYY-J, ok you can't see the whole length but from what you can see, it isn't sagging at all.

View attachment 22693

Attachment not working my friend...

 

[D Skelton]

I'll repost later with another, on my phone atm

 

[Marvo]

The image may be over the forum size limit. Here's a reduced version.

 

[Brightspark2]

It does look good...

But I want to see 3 points of contact on the step ladders next time ha ha

 

[D Skelton]

I'm taking the photo, I've got NO points of contact with the ladder! Haha

 

[Marvo]

What on earth is going on in the back garden????

 

[D Skelton]

It's a school, those are all the old chairs, tables, boxes, computers and all the other crap they were throwing out during the refurb.

Oh, and a roof! Lol

 

[Marvo]

That's exactly what my first guess would have been

 

[Silly Sausage]

The image may be over the forum size limit. Here's a reduced version.

View attachment 22712

Amateur step ladder useage going on there.
Nice shiny tools he's got as well, no surprise there either, his others must be scattered around the south of England.

 

[D Skelton]

Hahaha! He does lose a fair amount! Try educating these little whippersnappers but they never learn! When I'm done with a tool, it goes back in it's place! I've never lost one yet

 

[Engineer54]

I don't doubt the cable won't be sagging, with cleats at 8'' spacings!! But then, that's what i would have expected to see, when being installed correctly. lol!!

 

[Silly Sausage]

Got to say, fixings in the mortar...

 

[D Skelton]

If mortar can hold a bloody building up it can sure as hell support a piddly bit of cable!

 

[Silly Sausage]

You must have hard mortar daaan saarf, try that up here and most of them would be enjoying fresh air.
Them fixings would be in the bricks if I was doing it.