Hard to tell but I think we are being fooled here by poor photography. It looks to me that only the center 2in actually terminates into the gutter and is properly done with a connector. The other 4 1@1/2 may in fact be going behind the gutter all together. Note also that there are two levels of unistrut here. Is does look to me that the gutter is being soley supported by the conduits unless there are spacers with bolts behind it which I woudl guess there are.
Based on the rest of the job, I don't think this contractor would do something like butcher conduits through a gutter. The rest of it is just too neat and proper.
[This message has been edited by Gus1999 (edited 02-07-2003).]