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Prepare Conduit and Insert Bending Spring

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Electrician Apprentice Does his 1st PVC Cold Bend! Father teaches a PVC Conduit Hack, Thoughts?

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What happens here

The apprentice takes a piece of 1/2-inch PVC conduit and prepares it for bending. He then inserts the Rack-A-Tiers Pipe Viper spring into the conduit, pushing it all the way to the location where the 90-degree bend is desired. The father reminds him to leave the metal tag of the spring hanging out of the pipe, as this tag is essential for retrieving the spring once the bend is completed.

Goal: Properly position the Pipe Viper within the PVC conduit.

Tools and materials

  • PVC Conduit — The pipe that will be bent
  • Rack-A-Tiers Pipe Viper — Internal support to prevent the conduit from kinking during bending

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>> So PVC is heat and EMT is bending. >> Correct. >> All right. All right. >> Stick that all the way in. Leave the tag hanging out. >> Slinky. >> Yep. >> All right. >> You don't want to go crazy. Okay. Careful. Don't kink it now. Good. Right there. Perfect. >> Oh, wow. >> There you go. >> Nice. >> Oh, hell yeah. >> That's way easier than getting a fitting. That's way easier than using EMT. Why don't just use PVC all the time? Well, if you use PVC, I do use EMT. It depends on the application. I

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