Supertube: Can You Bend Your Conduit Like This?

[@Chatterisdotbiz]

It’s a relaunch as this was out many years ago but came with a draw string and it’s a good product and a shame when it was no longer available, so good news it’s back. As it’s a smooth bore, on one job we directly buried 70 metres without the need for duct pits and the cable pulled through with ease.

[@posei3960]

Around 1910 my grandad ran conduit top to bottom ( including lights and switch boxes ) around the spiral stone staircase in the local church’s bell tower. 3/4” using a wooden block with a hole in it. The conduit is still there

[@AsadMulla]

The ingenuity and improvisation in the old days was amazing

[@simonmatthewwright1221]

Considering every 25yrs they are meant to Re-Wire, It should've been Replaced 4 Times as (if it was) Steel suffers from rust & Bell Towers aren't Air Tight so that 114yr old Conduit By Now Would've Turned to Dust

[@TimberSurf]

Used MT Supertube over 15 years ago, for a Hospital, great stuff

[@alanlissamore461]

I brought my Ash bending block home from a job. My Dad thought it was a spare bit of wood and used it as a strut when he built his allotment shed. Probably still there. 😂

[@christastic100]

Really interesting product. Never heard or used it.

[@gavintillman1884]

I’m a householder with an interest, rather than an electrician. I want to connect a bungalow to outbuilding with a buried cable containing power and data and was thinking of some kind of ultra. Originally considering armour but maybe something like this tube containing regular ultra - or perhaps separate cables so I can go to CAT6 - i think ultra only goes up to CAT5e - might work.

[@josephkaz9093]

tbh in that case I'd lay a decent sized perforated conduit and pull through high-tuff cables. That way there is no risk of water sitting in the tube.

[@simonmatthewwright1221]

Data & Power Cables Need To Be Minimum of 3 Inches Apart as Power is Alternating Current (AC) back & forth always & Data is low power in or out, The Disruption to your data would be constantly Intermittent signal, put the Data in a roll or Plumbing Push-Fit pipe & use Drain Pipe for the Power 1m below the surface use Pipe Weld on the Drain Pipe Joints to Seal the joints H2° Tight, the power should also be supplied via 16mm armoured from your mains with a 50amp breaker 1st from the main switch done the tested by a Qualified Electrician. You can put in the cables, sockets, lights, switches but it Has to be Tested & Power Connected by An Electrician who is Test & Inspect Qualified

[@gavintillman1884]

@@simonmatthewwright1221 makes sense. Might use the ultra just for the car charger and have separate data and power going between the buildings. Thanks

[@mihaiachim5299]

It is a plumbing pex-al pipe with black exterior 😅😂 I’ve used that occasionally as a conduit many years ago 😂

[@adamdudley6399]

can it be used underground for LV garden lighting ?

[@simonmatthewwright1221]

Use plumbing Push-Fit, I'm sure it will be an awful lot cheaper

[@shornsparks20005]

Looks really good suggestion for cable manufacturers why don't they put mark on the Tube or cable with suggested clipping or saddle points

[@karldenning1893]

How would it work going from aluminium to steel has they are dissimilar metals.

[@efixx]

Aluminium and steel are compatible.

[@simonmatthewwright1221]

They Are Both Conductive to Electricity & Aluminium don't Rust even exposed to the rain 24/7

[@michaelcostello6991]

Does it always have to be earthed if you have 230 VAC TPI wire inside it ?

[@MrIbib]

It’s a bit of a grey area. All exposed metal parts should be earthed, but is the aluminium sheath exposed? You could say it’s not. However, considering it’s so easy to earth, why wouldn’t you?

[@michaelcostello6991]

@@MrIbib Thanks

[@simonmatthewwright1221]

On the Safe Side Yes, Also if it's used in Commercial Premises the HSE Would Insist

[@michaelcostello6991]

@@simonmatthewwright1221 Thanks

[@neiltrevatt]

I think they might change the name of that in time from bendy to Bundy conduit

[@BMcKenna]

Is it just me or have I been hearing Gordon pronounce conduit as conduoot over the past few years 😂

[@steve11211]

Looks great, my bugbear though with this and some other conduit is why but writing on it? nobody wants to see writing on the conduit, i always buy conduit without writting..

[@brianwood5220]

Now that's an excellent product. It's going to make life so much simpler for commercial and industrial electricians. Well done, Marshall Tufflex and thanks for sharing guys.

[@chrisretired5379]

In the mid 1970s, we were installing ALS , somewhat artistic hands were needed