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Understand the Need for Offsets and Tool Selection

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Electrician Hack; How do an Offset in less then 5 Seconds💪 Use a Little Kicker Bender #electrician

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What happens here

The video opens with an apprentice struggling to fit a straight piece of electrical conduit into an electrical box, illustrating the need for an offset bend. The master electrician dad explains that an offset is essential for properly connecting conduit to electrical boxes. He then introduces two types of tools for creating offsets: a manual bender and a 'kicker bender'. He emphasizes that for precise, fractional offsets, the kicker bender is superior due to its ease of use and ability to produce aesthetically pleasing results.

Goal: Identify when an offset is needed and select the appropriate bending tool for a professional finish.

Tools and materials

  • Electrical Box — The destination for the conduit, illustrating the need for an offset
  • Electrical Conduit — The material that needs to be bent for the offset
  • Kicker Bender — The primary tool demonstrated for creating precise conduit offsets
  • Manual Bender — Demonstrating an alternative method for bending conduit

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And I'm just going to push down on this handle. Oh, wow. That's way easier. I can't get this pipe in this box. Hey, Dad. How do you do an offset? Well, there's two ways to do an offset. You can use a manual bender or you could use a little quicker bender. Oh, okay. You always need to offset it to get into a box, right? Okay. So, how much offset do we need? We need about 10°. This is a very fractional offset. You're much much better using this. It'll look better. What I want to do is open up the kicker.

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