Replacing electric conduit

[Broadback]

My garage is about 4 feet from the house (side to side) with a drop of

30" from the cables exit to entrance. There are 2 cables, the alarm and electric lighting cable. On installation these were protected by round plastic conduit. Sadly this was broken by a workman, unnoticed at the time. However it has since degraded further and needs replacing. As it would bee difficult to access the cables ends and disconnect I need a product that I can "slip" over. Any ideas please?

[The Natural Philosopher]

plastic foam pipe insulation And some UV proof duct tape?

Else the birds will have it for nests

[Chris Green]

You can get split, round, flexible conduit.:-

I think you should be able to buy this at most electrical wholesalers and even at places like B&Q though I can't see it at Screwfix or Toolstation.

[Broadback]

Many thanks for the info. I have found the same in white as suggested by Chris, now ordered. Cheers

[alan_m]

Does it have to be round? Square conduit is two piece - a U shaped piece that can be fitted behind the wire(s) and a clip on cover.

[Andrew]

The professional electricans who did the original wiring on my house just used a length of yellow gas pipe as conduit (1976) to run power from house, under a path and up into the garage 1 meter away. It's really tough stuff.

Might not comply with 'regs' today.

[newshound]

Although that tends to be for internal use and IIRC does not have much UV resistance.

[Tricky Dicky]

If it is only a 4ft length and the cables are not too large split the conduit along its length and spring it open whilst pushing the cables in. A strip of insulating tape should reseal the split.

Richard

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

Chris Green explained :

That would flex, I think the OP needs something a bit more rigid to span the distance. Mini truking might do for what he wants, its rigid, open along one side, with a clip on lid. He might need to chew the rest of the broken conduit off first, with a pair of snips..

[Steve Walker]

Too late now, but I'd have looked at Unistrut with a clip-on cover. Gives very good physical protection and support.

Something like

SteveW