I often see pipes mounted on the wall that have LBs where an LR or and LL would have made the cover more accessible. I always thought this was just a hack by somebody too lazy to get the proper fitting, until....
We had to pull three #4s and a ground into an 1&1/4" pipe and somebody got the bright idea of puting an LR at a corner (no, it wasn't me, but I thought it was a good idea, too.)
I have pulled 500s that went into the pipe easier than those stupid wires went around the corner of that LR. Was this a fluke, or is it just generally a bad idea to use LL/LR fittings on anything larger than maybe #10 or #8? Should I adopt the practice of using sideways LBs for all big wire?
-John
