On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Burstein, Wayne M. wrote:
> I just finished the electrical wiring in my garage and am now
> running copper air lines. If I had to do it again, I would run
> the air first and bend the conduit around the copper pipe.
> I am now using elbows to "jump" the conduit -- this is
> definitely more expensive and difficult. Of course, it is
> easier to run the air lines once you have lights ;-)
If you are going to cover all this when it is done (i.e. if you are going
to cover the pipes with sheetrock, so you can tolerate having the setup
being a bit messy, try bending the copper pipe around the electrical
conduit. Heat the pipe with a propane torch, and it will bend fairly
easily, albeit not around a tight radius. Come to that, you might well
be able to bend cold copper pipe with an electrical conduit bender. Never
tried that. I don't know why plumbers insist on all those fittings; it
must be for pretty. You can bend copper pipe.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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