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#92951 04/19/05 10:58 PM
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how many #12 thhn"s can i legally squeeze in a 3/4 in conduit? the conductors are feeding plugs and lights in a commercial building?

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#92952 04/19/05 11:47 PM
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Per appendix C of the 99 NEC--16.

Don't forget to derate according to 310-15.

#92953 04/19/05 11:48 PM
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i will say 12 to 15 but depending on which kind of conduct pipe you are using and keep in mind you have to derated also because it will be more than 3 current carry conductors

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Pas de problme,il marche n'est-ce pas?"(No problem, it works doesn't it?)

#92954 04/19/05 11:58 PM
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Oh yeah--that 16 is in EMT which I assumed you would be using. I know us Chicago guys forget about that other stuff.

#92955 04/20/05 07:42 AM
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Steve- Just for a smart ass comment EMT is not conduit [Linked Image]


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#92956 04/20/05 05:44 PM
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George,

One smart--- comment deserves another.
Whether EMT is conduit or not depends on how old you are.

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#92957 04/20/05 06:53 PM
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Guess your right Redsy- I'm a little long in the tooth.


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#92958 04/20/05 09:03 PM
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Although it is technically tubing, the second sentence of 358.24 (2002 NEC) calls it conduit. [Linked Image]

Roger

#92959 04/22/05 11:29 PM
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Thanks Roger for saving my butt!!

I really wish they would make a clear definitive distinction between the two though. It would have saved us all at least a combined 5 minutes of typing. [Linked Image]


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