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When do you glue plastic conduit joints?
Jun 19, 2014
5 Replies
I always do - but it's often not essential.
Do you want to be able to disassemble them? Because gluing is a pretty minor operation.
It has no real regulatory impact as long as the joints cannot fall apart by themselves
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you're depending on the conduit for protection of basic insulation (ie you've run singles in it) or to offer some other form of mechanical protection.
In my experience a firmly pressed together male / female plastic conduit junction is a very tight fit and can be almost impossible to dismantle even without glue. I've installed loads and have never glued them. Gluing would be a pain when alterations / additions are needed, which is often the case in my workshop for instance.
Andrew
Indeed. Ironically the solvent weld can make it easier to assemble them!
Lubrication dear boy !
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