Channel nuts (not fishing or TV surfing related)
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13 years ago
Channel nuts (not fishing or TV surfing related)
I believe lowes has regular channel nuts but these look like they may be a special size and I have not seen them at lowes with a spring on the back.
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Jim
Probably. Fastenal is one U.S. source. Electricians in my area use them when mounting panels. Some on Ebay. Some trade names are Unistrut, Superstrut, and Powerstrut.
Yes, you can find them at Home Depot. They are with the SuperStrut parts stocked next to the electrical conduit. They fit the 1 5/8" wide SuperStrut. They carry them in 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" at least.
At least around here, I've heard it called "Kindorf" more than anything else.
nate
Thanks much to all, very helpful!
Sure, any real supply house will have a good selection of channel nuts plus all of the other helpful hardware/clamps/accessories you can buy to use with Unistrut or whatever manufacturer is popular in your area.
I got some from our electrician in the area...I needed them to remount seats in our facility bus (8 passenger+2 wheelchair) Thanks again...job done! bob
Why does the catalog page say:
"For best results use M 12 size"
If there are various sizes for various applications, how would they know that the M 12 size will give the best results?
Why would they even sell alternatives that *won't* give the best results?
Because that is the largest thread size and most stable/strongest. But not everything you might be attaching to the strut can accommodate a M12 bolt.
Any electrical supply house in the U.S. stocks them but not necessarily in metric sizes. The smaller sizes are used in data cabinets and should be available through supply houses that cater to network and telecom infrastructure installers. The last 19" rack panel cabinet I assembled used a lot of the small spring nuts in sizes like 10/32 in 1/2" channel.
TDD
If what you are attaching can't accommodate an M 12 bolt, then the M
12 size won't give you the "best result".That was basically the point of my question.
If your explanation is correct (and I have no reason to doubt it) then the wording should be:
"For the best results, use the largest thread size that will work for your application."
Selecting a specific size without knowing the given application and saying that it will give the "best result" is misleading and confusing.
My application was M12 and ended up using 1/2" nut with grade 8 bolts. This is a Supreme (StarTrans) 2008 conversion bus-Ford V8.
bob_v
I don't get it. How do these channel nuts work? Do they stick somehow to the understide of the floor?...
I think I get it now, but how did it help with your bus? It had rods or soemthing going across the bottom to hold the nuts?
What are those channels on each side and how do they help them stick?
What could the spring do?
Any or all of that is appreciated.
You use them in channel (hence "channel nut"):
Wow. That's great. Great picture. Great idea.
Thanks.
There are channels on each wall and in the floor on each side. They are lower profile (rectangular rather than square). We have double seats on the left and single on the right. What I had to do is remove one of the doubles and add a jump seat and put another single on the right. Hope this makes sense.
Yes it does. Thanks. I'm starting to recall that I may have seen such channels. I didn't know about channel nuts and didn't associate the two.
Here's the before/after layout:
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