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Thanks for the explanation!

Reminds me of the saying that a chain is as strong as its weakest link...

There are occasions that sealoffs are installed, and they don't get poured.

They're made in both horizontal and vertical pour versions (and some that swivel), but none that can defy gravity...S

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Electure,
With the filling compound in the conduit, if you need to remove a wire for some reason, is this still possible?.
Or does this stuff stay liquid?.
BTW, this is the only area of work here in New Zealand where Steel Conduit is still required.
I've done a few "Hazardous Area" jobs- equivalent to the US "Classified Areas", sort of.
Just in Service-Stations and Spray-Painting Booths, nothing too serious!.

I second Roger's inquiry .. I have never seen a filled sealout that didn't have slop-over on the sides .. that looks too clean and would suspect that the sealouts are not filled. ERFERTT

Well, you have got the prints to ID the electrician who installed them. Send him the red tag!

Trumpy

As one who lives in the Exp. prf. world, let me answer your question. Yes, chico can be removed sometimes, I 've done it many times. In fact I've done without hurting the wires and have pulled new ones right beside the old ones. I've also seen bad daming so the Chico went down the pipe and made the pipe unusable. Patience, a dull screw driver and a shop vac works to remove the old compound.If you are pulling all new wires its easier to replace the fitting.
I could drive around and show you hundreds of sealing fittings with nothing in them. . I poured about 20 or so last week on a job. We used existing pipes and none of them were sealed when we started

The work is incorrect, not sloppy.
To slop a bunch of compound onto the threads of the closure/inspection plug will make it much harder to inspect the sealoff.(I've had to take them apart with an impact wrench, borrowed from the mechanics).


The bottom picture's seal is obviously not filled...S



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