sch40 conduit

[Leal]

Ok i think i can run conduit in my walls. Will sch40 be ok to run HDMI, coax, dubbing, wire for fish eye. Im sure u guys know what scho40 is, its gray and used fire runing electrical wireing, I Think. What do u guys think?
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[BMXTRIX]

While you can use it, I would recommend that you actually use low voltage smurf tube at 1.5" since it is flexible and designed for low voltage specifically.

http://www.hometech.com/hts/products/wiring/raceways/index.html#CN-SCX4X1

Carlon conduit at 1.25" should give you plenty of room for HDMI and other wires which you intend to run in the future. If you intend to run wiring now, pre-drywall, do NOT run them in the conduit as it will just take up space for future wiring runs needlessly.

 

[highfigh]

I would run 2", but that's just me. Also, two 90 degree bends is a good limit to make adding/pulling cable easy, especially if you have to add after the initial runs are in place. No tight bends, just gentle sweeping ones.

 

[Leal]

Is sch40 ok? I ran 2"
Thanks

 

[Haoleb]

if you already ran it theres not much point in asking. Its fine.

 

[BMXTRIX]

if you already ran it theres not much point in asking. Its fine.

Gotta agree - if you ran it, then nothing else matters. As long as you are using conduit which is fire rated, which, being conduit in the first place, it likely is.

But, the Carlon conduit stuff is some of the easiest stuff to work with during a new installation and is fairly inexpensive and easy to get. Yet, if you already ran something, you're good to go. Just make sure you haven't put any 90 degree turns in there which are to tight. That's the number one thing I see go wrong with many conduit installations which I've seen.

 

[captiankirk28]

Just a tip on feeding your wire through the pipe that works very well is, take a shop vac and put it on one end of the pipe and turn it on then feed a string in the other end and it will suck it right through the pipe than you just have to hook that to your wires and pull it right through.

Maybe you already knew that but that i would throw it out their any way.

 

[Rickster71]

Lot's of good info in the above posts.
If I may add one thing.
Pulling string works nice; remember to add a new pull string along with the wires you pull in.
That way, you will always have a string in the pipe for any subsequent pulls.

 

[Leal]

if you already ran it theres not much point in asking. Its fine.

I just thought ide ask. I didnt know if any sertain kind of pie would interfear with signals and such.


I ran a pull string in all the pipe as i glued it together, and im going to leave a couple of pull strings in the pipe when im done.

sch40 has round 90deg turns i think it will work great.

Thanks

 

[yettitheman]

Yeah, it's completely fine to use.
Great if you have a bunch you got laying around...

I'd check with city code before doing anything though.... but for me, code doesn't apply when you live out in the sticks