Need electrician advice

[BIG JOE]

I'm doing a remodel on my guest house and I was wondering how many bends can I put on a length of conduit before I have to install a box ? Any help would be greatly appreciated and srry if this is the wrong forum.

[WingHater]

360 degrees

[Len-Det64]

Typically you shouldn't put more than 270d. Any more than that you will find it hard to pull the wire. 360d would be the maximum.

http://www.lanshack.com/DesigningConduitRuns.aspx

[dgrycan]

In honor of BIG JOE and his usual pictorial response:

[KickEm]

I wouldn't suggest beyond 270 either, as there really are very few excuses for it (oops just thought of a few scenarios, nevermind). OK, not over 360, that would get silly. There is always cable pulling lube (sounds kinky, but it is real):

http://ideal.datacomtools.com/images/31-388.jpg
(will try and fix the link in the morning)

[BIG JOE]

Awesome ! thanks all ! Now I can finish my deathra......I mean guest house.

[HOCKEYAHOLIC]

Originally Posted by KickEm

I wouldn't suggest beyond 270 either, as there really are very few excuses for it (oops just thought of a few scenarios, nevermind). OK, not over 360, that would get silly. There is always cable pulling lube (sounds kinky, but it is real):

http://ideal.datacomtools.com/images/31-388.jpg
(will try and fix the link in the morning)

360 is way to much to pull wire, you want to have a J-box in a few locations anyway in case you want to add outlets / switches.

cable pulling lube is also called gorilla snot, makes it much less kinky sounding. that s*** is messy.