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04-27-2009, 10:23 PM
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Must be all the weed they smoke out here...
Found this little beauty while moving my grandmother's stuff out of an assisted living facility in Eureka, CA.
yep, that's electrical tape holding the conduit to the beam. 
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04-27-2009, 10:39 PM
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At least it was color matched, see someone cares.
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04-27-2009, 11:41 PM
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Just think, had you been in Canada it would have been duct tape
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04-28-2009, 06:18 AM
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looks like the spacing is correct
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04-28-2009, 07:32 PM
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It's going to be impossible to pull that lone piece of 500 kcmil through those fittings.
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04-28-2009, 08:43 PM
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At least they used electrical tape . That inside fitting i wouldnt say is accessable though  . And good luck pulling a wire through that  .
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04-28-2009, 08:56 PM
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It's going to be impossible to pull that lone piece of 500 kcmil through those fittings.
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Yea.... too bad the specs state there's supposes to be four of them! 
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04-28-2009, 09:30 PM
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Maybe the tape is Hilti brand?
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04-28-2009, 09:32 PM
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Yea.... too bad the specs state there's supposes to be four of them! |
But what if Home Depot doesn't sell big enough pipe? Then what? 
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04-28-2009, 10:06 PM
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But what if Home Depot doesn't sell big enough pipe? Then what? |
It's PVC.... install parallel runs! 
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04-28-2009, 11:59 PM
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I think those 2' zip-ties would have worked better (black ones of course)
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04-29-2009, 12:04 AM
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I think the conduit is holding up the beam.
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04-29-2009, 06:57 AM
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Quote:
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It's going to be impossible to pull that lone piece of 500 kcmil through those fittings.
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a whole lot of yellow#77
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04-29-2009, 02:04 PM
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A bit abrasive.
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Did someone say "weed"?
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04-29-2009, 07:02 PM
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Did someone say "weed"?
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painter = cronic
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04-30-2009, 01:49 AM
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painter = cronic
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heh I dunno that glue is pretty strong stuff too for PVC in plumbing/electrical.
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04-30-2009, 07:54 AM
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I need some of that real good conduit and a screen.
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05-01-2009, 12:13 PM
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heh I dunno that glue is pretty strong stuff too for PVC in plumbing/electrical. |
glue and a brew
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05-01-2009, 03:44 PM
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Coming out of the closet
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Quote:
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glue and a brew
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= Brain stew! 
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