Heating and Bending PVC Conduit - BENDING 90s, OFFSETS, and BOX OFFSETS

[@josh_is_in_phase]

I loveeee my torch!!! I've heated many sweep 90s in 2" and 2-1/2" pvc conduits with it, and even to level out 4" pvcs entering an MDP.

[@brockhebert9955]

Dude, you saved me so much trouble, I had a pole barn built and I am doing the electricity myself. So i don't have to but i wanted the open walls to look Clean. I had purchased 3/4 sch 40 Pvc I was trying to use different types if 45s or 90s, non of them gave the result it needed. I Ordered the heart gun you use and it came in today. I set up a dummy 6by6 and 2 by 6 and it worked amazing. Thanks so much for this knowledge, not only is going to look sweet, its also going to save me 30$ even after the heat gun purchase. Thanks again, YOU ROCK

[@mostafababaei3431]

In my country, Iran, we put something like a cable or a water hoze inside the pvc conduits before bending it with heat and after we bend it, we pull it out. It gets the job much easier and neater

[@chris7987]

Thanks for the information. Your use of the word pliable was exactly right: pli·a·ble (plī′ə-bəl) adj. 1. Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable. 2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: a pliable policy. 3. Easily influenced, persuaded, or controlled: replaced the complainer with a more pliable subordinate. [Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend; see pliant.]

[@Biser10562]

I had no idea that this was possible. I've bent steel conduit before (50 years ago) but thought that PVC was impossible. Five minutes with a heat gun and I have a custom offset bend that fits perfectly and even looks good. Thank you very much!

[@robertpennington5247]

Loved your video I'm a sparky in Australia and we have bending springs that go inside the conduit for bending without using heat . They are available from 16mm to 25 mm and in heavy duty and light duty springs. Also when I was a first year apprentice in 1973 I was told to put dry sand inside the conduit where you were going to bend to keep the inside fair uniform then wash it out with water

[@manganiphiri4331]

Sand does work if you don't have a spring bender.

[@derronjoseph1408]

Not from Australia but Trinidad and Tobago,almost every part of the world that uses PVC conduit uses a spring bender,spring bender saves time unlike heating it takes a while

[@davidtubbs7906]

Hey Dustin this is Tubbs I am an Electrician in KC. I just passed my TX journeyman Electrician exam Today! Yes it’s been a goal of mine for awhile but I freckling got it done! Love you videos, keep up the good work and thanks for helping us to become better Electricians!! 😎

[@oliverlawrence8036]

Congratulations! I'm sure you've well earned it. Good luck

[@RideCamVids]

I've only ever used pvc conduit and after years of using it you can easily make various offsets and bends with the 20mm size by working it while pulling it over your knee. The spiral metal benders are also a plus to help you. If you bend by a heat gun have a spray bottle near to lock it in at the angle after heating it.

[@robertmitchum2972]

In a pinch I’ve used the exhaust pipe of the running truck to bend PVC.

[@garbo8962]

When bending 90' s found it helpfull to draw 2 marks in pencil so u don't waste time heating unneede area. Like to have a few rags with cold water to cool bends. Nice to have a plactic face mallet to tap small kinks out. Had to use a torch to bend a 90 in 2" PVC middle of winter outside. Took forever. If you do burn a small area ( brown mark) sotchbrite will remove it. Never used a bender for PVC. Thanks for another great vid.

[@alvinlowe843]

Am an avid DIYer. This is an absolutely very timely post! Was trying to figure out how to ti transition from my underground 1" conduit to a ½" leading to boxes without using multiple, if any, connectors/joints. This helped tremendously. Thanks-great job!

[@tektonelec4695]

Hey brother great video. I’ve primarily used a box heater specifically made for heating pvc conduit which works well once you get into larger size conduit, but I completely understand using a heat gun for smaller sizes in a pinch.Also if I’ve had a specific type of bend I was trying to make, offset, kick, 90 etc... I’ve bent a piece of emt to what I need as a template and once the pvc was heated molded it to the emt to achieve the desired bend. Just some thought. Keep it up

[@terrenceboylanjr]

good idea

[@trafficsignal101]

We kept all sizes of PVC 90s along with 45's on our truck. I have bent PVS for unusual bends that always turn up. Besides the torch I have used a heavy duty heating pad made for heating PVC.

[@patricktelfort]

Good video. I teach trade in NYC we use a bender on the ground with a heat gun. The bender is for the angles. Laid flat on the ground. I noticed people mentioning the hot box. It’s great if you can afford it. However, if your not doing a lot of PVC and your in a bind you must know how to bend small diameter PVC without a hotbox. Anyway good video.

[@tapalmer99]

I've been bending PVC for a long time and a few methods have worked filling the pipe with Trice and that helps to keep the radius smooth taking a piece of BX wire the largest diameter of little fit down the PVC so it acts like a bending spring or simply just having the right size of bending spring to put inside the pipe and for the Box offsets a piece of clam molding to push down on while you got a stick or piece of BX inside the pipe gives you just enough to get that half-inch or so up to the Box opening I have also tried putting hot or boiling water in but that becomes a pain unless you got a furnace or boiler heating system nearby to get the water from it does work but you have to swap the water out a couple times

[@richardmattingly7000]

Freezing or setting a bend by cooling it with water can also be done with a spray bottle and rolling the tube like a glass bower does while heating also speeds the process. I've seen boiling water also poured into a PVC pipe to bend it and flattening of the tube is nearly unavoidable but a steel bearing on a cable the nearly the same inside diameter can be pulled thru it to round tubing out again while hot then cooled. Indeed these kind of balls and cable was often used when bending pipe because the inside curve often deforms the most during bending.

[@Sousafolle]

Once used a electrical stove top element cause I had no torch or heat gun at hand and it worked very well. The large heating area even helped ;-)

[@donaldsmith3048]

You can heat it up and put it in a pipe bender. The bender will cool it down some so when you put the PVC in the bender must do the bend fast. In South Florida I can almost just put the pipe in the sun and in an hour or so it will bend. But that only works on hot sunny days. Gray pipe heats up fast in the sun, but need to turn it to heat it all around. If you know you need to do some bends later put some out to get hot and do other things until it is hot. I saw one nut put some out in the sun most of the afternoon, and he bent it so the ends would meet. Don't know why anyone would need that but that is how soft it became.

[@Mikechill5]

I'm most impressed with how long he can kneel without killing his knees or having his feet fall asleep. when I was starting out I used to carry a bucket when I did outlets. made it 1000% easier

[@eddiew2325]

How do you kneel on a bucket?

[@Mikechill5]

@@eddiew2325 flip it upside down and sit on it

[@zachfoss4152]

Wouldn't that put you way too far above the plug to see?

[@wompstopm123]

i carry around the part of a weight bench that you lay on in my van and use it as a knee rest. be nice to your knees while you are young and you will have them when you are old

[@daledellario2933]

Pliable is exactly the word you wanted "the quality of being easily bent; flexibility." nailed it. Also nailed it with the video. Now I'm gonna try a 22ish degree bend on a piece of 2" thanks!!

[@SR60119]

So I figured I'd give this a try. Made 7 "fittings" so far - no trip to store needed. All by hand, no jig or fixture or spring, or sand or anything else. Heat gun, gloves, hands. (I also had a running hose outside for quick cool down)

[@christymchuk2278]

I have actually placed the PVC into my trucks exhaust pipe and it worked to make a small offset.

[@mrpanda2655]

Noice

[@racenuke]

I work with a union shop (power tools supplied) and we got this 'hot box' bender. It goes from 1/2" to 4" pvc. It works great. You just need to rotate it a few times and the box does the rest. Its like a 4 foot box in length for nice gradual bends. *Greenlee product

[@kennethcarroll5420]

union shops have the best training, NJATC!!!

[@havox112]

Yes I am going to carry a $1000 hot box in my service van to do PVC bends once a month.

[@frankchinigo907]

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[@frankchinigo907]

Takes too long,time is money

[@HowardPaulblasingame]

BOMBCRAZYInc 4" we use a propane torch, large area tip very fast

[@kevinhoey78]

Wow, you guys need to get a spring. We use them in Ireland and Australia. So much easier. What you do is way to much hard work

[@MetrologyEngineer]

What do you mean a spring? I’ve never bent PVC pipe, but I assume you’re referring to something that goes over the pipe to get a smooth bend.

[@dushaunnmorgan3388]

A spring bender is a tool used to bend pvc

[@Coolio_za]

Even here in South Africa we used spring

[@johnnorton7817]

@@MetrologyEngineer see Robert Pennington comment

[@MetrologyEngineer]

@@johnnorton7817 Cheers mate.

[@ultimattattack5322]

I love your channel. Seriously. Your videos have taught me so much the past 2 weeks alone... On top of the fantastic lessons you provide, your video and audio is recorded and composed so well too! Man, you're the best. You seriously take stress out of peoples lives and make their life better with your talent for teaching. Thank you for taking the time to do this!

[@JamesMorris-os7kb]

It takes all of 30 seconds with a bending spring

[@denislamarche4656]

Greenlee heatbox/hot box works wonders for 2in pvc. And spring cold bender got em from 1/2" to 1 1/4" is nice too.

[@rodolfovesga979]

Great video I usually use 90 fittings or offset pieces most likely use hot box or hot blanket for PVC pipes great demo on how to use other methods to get the job done I’ve been on jobs where both hot boxes and blankets broke down and everyone was standing around looking at each so now I know new way awesome lol

[@kenmcf]

A lot of times we don't purposely shortcut(the box offset) its just because we did not know any better. But now that I have seen the offset tip that won't happen if i ever do one. Thanks. (I was here looking for tips on repairing a line of pvc outside my house because of a new fence.)

[@djea3589]

try the EMT bender, but use a bending spring insert and see what happens. You can bend without (much) heat up to 1 inch or so. They have springs for sch 40 and sch 80 that prevent collapse and support the bend with a pipe bender. If it is cold out you will still need heat gun. The other thing I would probably do is build a hot box that your heat gun mounts into (and collapses?). This would allow much more even heating and faster with one hand. Use reflective barrier and a deflector inside (not the plastic stuff, the foil stuff). The K Factor is the difference in material between OD to OD on an any degree bend and the length of material used to make that configuration. . Example: 5 inch inside radius 90 degree bend with a 1 inch OD pipe has approximately 5.5 inches to the neutral axis of material (The place that sees neither compression nor tension in the bend). This means that the OD to OD of the 90 degree bend is 12 inches (5 (Inside radius)+1(OD of pipe)) X 2 (for measuring both directions from the bend to the tangent) = 12. However the total material needed is 1/4 (90 degree bend) Pi X 2 X (5.5 (Bend radius plus 1/2 OD OF PIPE) )= 8.6 inches. Therefore the K factor is 12 (OD to tangent measurement both ways) -8.6 (developed length of neutral axis)= 3.4 (K factor) inches. This makes it very easy to know how much PVC length to heat and where! If the OD of the two legs of your conduit need to be 24 and 48, then you will need 72-3.4=68.6 inches of material before bending. IF your first leg is 24 inches, then subtract the bend radius plus the pipe OD and mark that point (first tangent). Then measure 8.6 inches father and mark that point second tangent. Those are the two tangent points for this 90 degree bend, and the center point between them is the exact middle of the bend. My point is that one can figure out the K factor for just about any conduit and bend angle by its OD and the desired ID of the bend radius using this concept and find the developed length and material needed. This allows you to mark the tangent points before heating and bending and know where you bend and tangents belong as well as know of your material will be long enough for both desired leg lengths. Where this comes in really handy is wanting a 48 inch radius bend on 2 inch PVC conduit . You need it 5.5 feet long first leg, and have 20 ft length how long is the second leg after forming? The conduit is 2.2 inches OD, and your neutral axis will be 49.1. 1/4 Pi X2 X 49.1= 77.125 inches. K= (50.2 X2)-77.125= 23.275. Your first leg will be 48 and your second leg will be 120-66 (first bend)+23.275 (K Factor)=77.275 inches. Tangent marks at 18 inches and at (18+77)=95 inches for forming. Hot gloves and form around a wooden spool. These special bend conduit radii are EXPENSIVE and can be done cheaply with 20 ft lengths. Hope you had fun reading and I hope you understood it.

[@thomasdavis4253]

Love your videos. My current project is a building with a real corrosive environment. In one section, all conduit is schedule 80 pvgc and non metallic boxes and condulets , even the strut straps, and anchor bolts are fiberglass / plastic. Its crazy. Heat gun and hot boxes are the way to go. I have seen guys bend 4 and 6" by pouring a can of glue on it and setting it on fire.. o_0

[@n2jve1989]

The company I worked for had a heat box for PVC and that worked great and was pretty fast it had rollers at the ends of the box so the PVC would rotate at ease.. I have also used a heat gun but takes alittle longer. One suggestion about getting the right angle that your looking is use a speed square..

[@lawrencebyrne3448]

Can you do the same with 32 mm conduit?

[@n2jve1989]

@@lawrencebyrne3448 with the hot box I used to do up to 2 1/2 inch PVC . I never done anymore then 1 1/2 PVC with a heat gun and that took some time. Hope that answers your question. Mike

[@AlecSpence]

Yup, like so many other non-Americans, we use bending springs in the UK. Cheap, easy, and give a great result. Strange how some people make things so difficult...

[@drwhoeric]

You can cleanly bend PVC by first filling it with sand and then heating it. I have also bent rigid copper tubing by filling it with sand with heating only when larger sizes require such.

[@nkachur]

I used a ready heater to heat the pvc when building my shop. Wouldn't want to use it in the summer but worked awesome. Took less than 30 seconds per bend.

[@robertmilkshake1013]

Good shit man, thank you! One thought with doing specific angles for offsets: if you want to be more precise, you could mark out your center of bends and draw out your angle on the floor or a piece of cardboard, then line your pvc up with it. Either using an angle finder or with tangent (theta) = rise/run kind of math. Cheers!

[@PureSleepCompany]

I do something similar, mark a wood board then put in a few screws as guides. Heat the pipe and pop into the guides.

[@Ultrafrozen]

Probably answered many times already but pliable implies "flexibility under load and returns to original shape after removal of load (elastic deformation)" whereas malleable implies "ease of permanent deformation under load (plastic deformation)". A rubber balloon is pliable, Play-doh is malleable.

[@qapla]

Since you are using a heat gun that is 1500 watts (I used one for many years doing floor work) you can use the gun to dry that water on the floor before doing the next bend. Great video - keep em' comin'

[@ip5232]

I use gloves for sure, and either fill it up with sand or use a spring almost to fill the inside diameter , and bend it , doing this keep the pipe from making a sharp corner.

[@electricianron_New_Jersey]

We use the fancy Greenlee PVC heater bender. Once you use that you'll never use a heat gun again.

[@648546lllooolll]

My dad has had his for at least a quarter century. It’s a box that opens a 1’ 1/2 to 2’ long. Can handle up to a 3” pipe I believe.

[@aussiegruber86]

Link

[@victormendoza6306]

That’s awesome good job I will do it in my next outdoor for install an outlet for Xmas lights

[@mcs-21277]

"Hot box"

[@justinwyrick8730]

I'm one of those that swears by the torch. It takes a while to get your distance and speed correct but once you get that figures out its substantially faster than a heat gun.

[@sinstersam]

In Trinidad and Tobago we use spring benders we use plastic conduit for 90% of domestic application

[@bobpratt7083]

Another method to prevent collapse is to insert a pull (extension spring) into the pvc pipe or a stainless kitchen/bath service line and then heat it up.

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

So I saw pre-made offset pieces at Home Depot. I didn't think they looked offset enough and after I got them home, sure enough they were totally worthless as they weren't offset enough to properly be against a wall and then offset to a junction box. Guess I will have to try bending them myself. Never done it before. Haven't ever hardly even use conduit before

[@blakehendrix641]

This is why I prefer to run schedule 20 PVC... dunno about code compliance but it’s way easier to bend with just a bit of heat!

[@G.I.JeffsWorkbench]

Thanks for showing us how it’s done.

[@G.I.JeffsWorkbench]

If you really want to get fancy (precise), you could make a few simple jigs w/ 2x4s & dowel rods set to the angles you use most often (e.g. 30 & 45). You could use a speed square to get the angles dead on.

[@abitoftheuniverse2852]

I'm not an electrician, but, if the internal diameter of your 1/2 inch pvc is about 0.578 inches, if you cut the PVC to length, let's say 10 inches, and have two pieces of 1/2" (0.5 in.) dowel rod, about a foot long each, you could heat up some sand, maybe, in a beer can or a soda can, you'd want about 10 ounces, stick your dowel in one end of the PVC, pour the hot sand in the other end, then stick your second dowel rod in behind it, so, you have 1/3 dowel, 1/3 hot sand and 1/3 dowel. Then you have the hot sand giving off heat and, bonus, it helps to keep the shape of the PVC and prevent kinking, because you have something inside that bend to resist kinking. How you heat that can of sand on the job site is up to you, could do it on an electric stove, a gas stove, or with the heat gun from underneath. And for consistent bend shapes, just use a full beer can, a fence post, a larger pipe, or anything else. If the hot sand is impractical, perhaps you could use the two dowels, push them together inside the pipe, and heat where they meet, leaving them sticking out equal length, slowly spread them apart and make the radius of your bend as short as you like. The two dowel rod method may also help for your offsets, as the dowels can be kept parallel while you push one and pull the other, getting just the right distance away from the wall to go straight into the box.

[@illestofdemall13]

You can also use a wet rag instead of the cup of water, or keep a rag to dip in the water.

[@Kustomgadget]

We had to offset 3" sch 80 and used a salamander heater. Just keep it moving and take your time.

[@sameernelson9684]

I love the way you kick ass, keep up the great work 👍 bro.

[@Zerpersande]

Malleable is actually able to be pounded into a thin sheet, but it is used informally as well.

[@RockyW12345]

Excellent demonstration!! Thank you!

[@jakepaul491]

Hi Dustin. No more ep. 25? I wanna watch more of your videos. It's very informative and fun.

[@jonnieves5987]

Hot box is what we have leave it in there and rotate it 8-10 times depending on size and then bend and hold until its hardened

[@JamesMorris-os7kb]

In Australia, we use bending spring to bend. Very rarely do we use heat to bend conduit

[@worldofzap]

This is PVC type pipe. It will not hold its shape if you don’t heat it. Agree with copper tube or metal conduit maybe easier. I will say, in the US we use a pipe bender for metal conduit.

[@JamesMorris-os7kb]

worldofzap yeah we use PVC conduit/ pipe 99% of the time. Very rarely do we use metal conduit. We use bending springs 80% of the time and pre made sweeps, bends, couplings for the remaining 20%. If you use a spring you do get a little bit of spring back, however this can easily be solved by slightly over bending the conduit (ie bend conduit to 95-100 degrees for a finished 90 degree bend). The only time we really use heat is for conduits >32mm. I can bend a 90 in 25mm conduit in less than 10 seconds. It’s interesting how different countries have different reasons for why they do thing the way they do. Edit: in short, pvc conduit does hold its shape without heat while using a bending spring. The only time it will crack etc is if a internal bending spring is not used or the angle of the bend is changed multiple times

[@worldofzap]

James Morris,,, ok I get it. I was a bit confused with the “very rarely do we use heat to bend conduit” think he was showing what you could do in a pinch. If you didn’t have the elbows etc. I have only ever done telephone CO installations, we have only ever used metal conduit and a bit of flexible conduit for aisle lighting and lineup outlets.

[@joefrayling9263]

We use springs in the uk as well I have used a heat gun when it’s cold I find the conduit gets a bit brittle when it’s cold so the heat helps and also makes it super easy to bend but mostly springs

[@ahmadbakri9692]

@@joefrayling9263 when it's really cold I just rub in the spot I'm bending it for a minute and very rarely does it snap on me, but I'm in sydney and rarely does it get to the minus down here

[@larrywilson4178]

question for my electrician career. ive been a navy electrician for 5 years. i got my usmap completed which is just 8000 logged hours for my apprenticeship and i got my carrer studies certificate in electrical wiring but what kind of job can i get coming out of the navy? will i start off as a journeyman? should i join a union? what will my salary look like?

[@ocielortega4700]

I use a green lee pvc heat box . It does 1/2- 2in pvc it's the only way to bend pipe. Also have 240v heater for 2in-6in

[@justink7269]

Its huge and takes a while to heat up. Old school. That's for big jobs w lots of big conduit

[@kazilziya830]

Good information for those "make do.with what you have" moments.

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

13:27 The reach for the heat gun as it turns itself off tells me you've been doing this awhile 🙂

[@chris7987]

I see you defined it yourself at the end of the video!

[@timlabarr6131]

Hey Dustion keep makeing vids man! Ive only been doing this for a year a year or so, and you vids have fast tracled my education in this feld. I'm doing stuff sone 2 2-1/2 year guys cant do I do it well and right. Thanks and yes torches are the best way to go.

[@HCkev]

Wouldn't heating up the pipe then using the same conduit bender as we use for metal conduits(just with much less force) work for making a perfect 90° PVC conduit bend?

[@Jmanji12]

Hot box bro way easier also faster.. and if you do an offset or a kick heat it then start one end your conduit in the connector and let the conduit naturally fall to the flat surface that way you can make your offset as long or short as you want without kinking the pipe also you can use it as a jig for future bends. It takes all the guess work out!

[@ac777]

Excellent video... I had a question about connecting PVC conduit to an outdoor box from the bottom. Do you need to make it water tight and if so, how do you accomplish this? Thanks

[@9o1OuTdOoRs]

Did you ever find a solution to this? I recently failed and inspection for using a male pvc adapter and was told i needes to use a myers hub which i will then use the same male adapter to connect to it so kinda defeats the purpose if you ask me

[@veritas1414]

In Holland we use a spring, we bend 90's in seconds.

[@JM-fo1te]

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[@JM-fo1te]

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[@veritas1414]

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[@mweezy]

You can't just keep doing 90s for everything. Lol

[@justink7269]

He used a heat gun!

[@robertmitchum2972]

Invest in a heating blanket for PVC up tp and including 1 1/2 PVC. Anything larger invest in a hot box... The heat gun is fine in an emergency or for touch ups. And a cheap spray bottle filled with water is a must for fast cooling down..... Remember time is money in this trade.

[@marcgaskett]

You guys in the US never heard of a bending spring? I’m installing a massive amount of PVC conduit on my current job and not once have I used a heat gun to make my bends, bending spring is essential for this kind of work (Australia)

[@randomstuffs5551]

Also you can enlarge the hole of box to make fix it am i right?

[@oliverlawrence8036]

Good evening sir, how do you like your pipe toasted? Well toasted, or light toasted?

[@georgemostardini7489]

352.24 Field bends shall be made only with identified bending equipment. ie... Greenlee pvc bender

[@chrisfyfe4047]

good point about the heat gun !

[@sparky8910]

Old guy tip for larger pvc, cap the ends of the conduit to seal in the heat and pressure in to help keep from collapsing.

[@justinjones5240]

Heat box is much faster and can heat up to 4" PVC and once the pipe is heated you can cool it in place such as the the box offset if the box is mounted to the wall already just stick the heated pipe in the connector and pour water on it it takes the guess work out of it same for regular offsets.

[@Miketrt]

Great vids, will be watching more of them fo sho.

[@anthonyyarnell2785]

Again a great video full of information, keep up the good work.

[@Automationacademytv]

Thanks man I follow all your videos to give me more ideas for my channel Good Job keep doing it

[@jervaciozamora9101]

Question the code allows to do that?

[@davidadame1313]

when do you tie the neutrals together on a multiple gang box with 3 ways?

[@theresalarson9416]

Here’s a video of a couple bending that big pvc into 90’s... genius.

[@MrLukecastillo954]

I didn't even know you could bend pvc. Hi Luke here first year apprentice.

[@EverettOgden]

That music though... I was waiting for Dirk Diggler to come in and interview with Julianne Moore for that sales job... bow Chicka wow wow

[@brandonmccarthy9224]

That heat gun looks unreal!

[@ivo2111]

That box offset part would help me a lot to pass my certification exam for electrical installation. Btw, i am from the Philippines.

[@sirosisofdeliver223]

Excellent, informative video! I've been wondering if I could custom bend PVC conduit. Not only did you answer my question, you showed me exactly how to do it. Thank you very much!!

[@nymack66]

Insert a long spring inside the pipe, it prevents kinking etc...

[@devontegordon6606]

Can you do a video of how to bend a pvc using a spring bender 🙏

[@ElectricianU]

I don't use them, but I've been really wanting to get my hands on one.

[@chriswarren9857]

Hello, im bending a 4” pvc pipe and i keep kinking my 90. Im literally cooking my pipe until its color is burnt and im still kinking it.. any advice for me? Keep in mind i am using a hot box

[@rockstar696]

how about using the larger pipe to help with the bending?

[@luisLopez-uz3mv]

Thanks for your videos

[@mrangry65]

A bit of rag to friction heat the conduit, bending spring and Bobs your Auntie. The PVC must be thicker in the US if it needs a heat gun.

[@Killerlensen]

Here we mostly use bending springs

[@goodyjerky5249]

Here in Thailand normal practice is knee bend without a heat gun

[@Fishinmission5369]

The movie hasnt started..but I dig the music :)

[@patrioticgunner8034]

Using a spring gets it done faster for me

[@kevinmosgo5492]

You're making my knees hurt! Lol

[@mar1video]

So basically plastic is slower than metal ? Perhaps much easier to work with , but not much quicker. Also we need electricity to run the heat gun (or a heat box). So with an off-grid , or new building (without temp service) we would have to use a generator big enough to power the heat gun and some more power hungry tools ( air compressor, table saw, etc).

[@mrpanda2655]

Lol PVC is cheaper than emts but emt has to be used in some situations

[@gtuttle4]

Great video, will this procedure work with 1-1/4 PVC for a 3" offset?

[@gexas38]

any problem with putting the wire in there before u heat and bend??? i have some 6 guage that im trying to run in this plastic conduit

[@glenjamindle]

You don't have to heat the pvc to use an emt bender

[@edwardmicoo4925]

U need some pvc spring benders1 for every size pipe