PVC fitting joints - why no plain ones?

howardb

howardb

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Hi all,

I'm in need of some of the following 20mm (3/4") PVC conduit joints, and for the life of me cannot seem to source retail other than going to manufacturers (who sell in bulk). All the ones in the normal hardware stores have the inspection holes/covers...
These seem plentiful in the USA, Europe and East, but it will cost me an arm and two legs to get approx 20 of each to SA...

Any ideas on where I can source these in SA - online or retail shop?

90 degree elbow
20mm conduit elbow.JPG

tee connector (20mm all round)
20mm conduit tee.JPG

slip tee (20mm all round)
20mm pvc slip tee.jpeg
 
Have you tried Penny Pinchers?
 
howardb said:
Hi all,
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That's because these things are used for electrical usage in SA mainly and having them as default with inspection covers makes more sense when tracking faults and running wiring through piping.

What do you want to use it for exactly?Maybe we can suggest suitable alternatives?
 
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brakpanpolisie said:
I'm guessing you are building some sort of frame instead of doing plumbing with these?

If you are you might check out this as an alternative : http://connect-it.cc/products.html or http://store.connect-it.za.com/

Its a range of plastic connectors that you combine with off the shelf aluminium sections to make quite a number of things, hope it helps.
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Good idea,however depending on what he wants to do with it exactly the cost and strength of aluminum might be overkill.
 
Lupus said:
Have you tried Penny Pinchers?
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Thanks Lupus, yes tried them but no 20mm variants unfortunately.

falcon786 said:
That's because these things are used for electrical usage in SA mainly and having them as default with inspection covers makes more sense when tracking faults and running wiring through piping.

What do you want to use it for exactly?Maybe we can suggest suitable alternatives?
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The Tee and Elbow are for electrical work, need to re-run some house to boundary wall underground conduits that had the inspection caps (leaked and conduit filled with water - previous owner installed apparently...) - the reason for the specific 90 degrees is that there are established trees with root systems that don't allow me to use the gentler curve 90's. The Tees will be used for running off the main conduit where needed - again, the current Tees have inspection caps and they also leaked. I'm happy to not have inspection caps or mess around with sealing them for underground laying, would rather re-pull the cables if and when the time comes for this in future.

brakpanpolisie said:
I'm guessing you are building some sort of frame instead of doing plumbing with these?

If you are you might check out this as an alternative : http://connect-it.cc/products.html or http://store.connect-it.za.com/

Its a range of plastic connectors that you combine with off the shelf aluminium sections to make quite a number of things, hope it helps.
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I'm using the slip-tee's for a small project, but can always modify a few bits of 20mm PVC pipe and weld together to create similar - just thought that these joints would be easier to source.
Thanks for the links - will take a look.
 
howardb said:
Thanks Lupus, yes tried them but no 20mm variants unfortunately.



The Tee and Elbow are for electrical work, need to re-run some house to boundary wall underground conduits that had the inspection caps (leaked and conduit filled with water - previous owner installed apparently...) - the reason for the specific 90 degrees is that there are established trees with root systems that don't allow me to use the gentler curve 90's. The Tees will be used for running off the main conduit where needed - again, the current Tees have inspection caps and they also leaked. I'm happy to not have inspection caps or mess around with sealing them for underground laying, would rather re-pull the cables if and when the time comes for this in future.



I'm using the slip-tee's for a small project, but can always modify a few bits of 20mm PVC pipe and weld together to create similar - just thought that these joints would be easier to source.
Thanks for the links - will take a look.
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There's a building place where Ferrarias used to be on Beyers Naude, close to the Honeydew Police station, they might have it? Cannot remember the name now :-(. Also Cashbuild in Northriding?
 
Lupus said:
There's a building place where Ferrarias used to be on Beyers Naude, close to the Honeydew Police station, they might have it? Cannot remember the name now :-(. Also Cashbuild in Northriding?
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Thanks again Lupus, will give them both a try ;)
 
just seal the inspection caps with pvc glue?
 
ToxicBunny said:
Could you not use something like this....

Its slightly larger than the 90degree you're looking for, but it is better for electrical cable

http://www.systeq.co.za/security-hardware/cable-accessories/24-conduit-pvc-20mm-90-degree-bend.html
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Thanks ToxicBunny - I tried one of those, but there's not enough space to maneuver the pipe/bend due to the tree roots in the location - these would have been ideal, but unfortunately not do-able. The only way I can see it working is with the tighter 90 degree bend joint.
 
rietrot said:
just seal the inspection caps with pvc glue?
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They seem to have tried that before, but water still seeped in - I just thought that if there was minimal jointing exposure there would be lesser chance of water/moisture penetration :)
 
howardb said:
They seem to have tried that before, but water still seeped in - I just thought that if there was minimal jointing exposure there would be lesser chance of water/moisture penetration :)
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They couldn't have used PVC weld properly if water seeped in.... PVC weld chemically bonds 2 pieces of PVC...
 
Randburg? The Pump shop, Cnr Basil & Oxford. Don't get confused by the twins working there.
Fab hardware Cnr Oxford & Cork, and Pool Spa & Filtration just across the road from Fab.
 
T-Man said:
Randburg? The Pump shop, Cnr Basil & Oxford. Don't get confused by the twins working there.
Fab hardware Cnr Oxford & Cork, and Pool Spa & Filtration just across the road from Fab.
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Thanks T-Man - will give them a try.
 
My first though is places that do koi ponds. They'd likely have something like this..
 
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