1 1/4" emt

[OKDart]

Are pre-bent offsets or jogs available for 1 1/4" EMT? I have seen the 45 and 90 degree bends, but nothing else.

 

[walrus]

Are pre-bent offsets or jogs available for 1 1/4" EMT? I have seen the 45 and 90 degree bends, but nothing else.

they make these in smaller sizes not sure about 1.25in
https://www.google.com/search?q=1.2...=-hYWWKqrOITKjwTfmoaADg#imgrc=dVX_RfwH-BCPBM:

 

[Mustang51js]

Ive never come across premade offsets for that size,your going to have to borrow or buy a bender

 

[teamextreme]

your going to have to borrow or buy a bender

And you better be a big boy or fill your pockets with quarters, bending 1-1/4 requires some muscle.

 

[OKDart]

I thought about buying a bender, but I only have a few bends and those 1 1/4 benders are $$$. Having an electrician come out might be cheaper.
I'm going to try a muffler shop and also what gregtwojeeps suggested.

 

[Norcal]

I thought about buying a bender, but I only have a few bends and those 1 1/4 benders are $$$. Having an electrician come out might be cheaper.
I'm going to try a muffler shop and also what gregtwojeeps suggested.

Might be able to rent one, will depend on the rental yard.

 

[OKDart]

I've tried the 2 places I know of already with no luck.

 

[mm08822]

What size offset(s) do you need and how many? Maybe you could slightly trim down the 45's length to get a small offset with back-back 45's. Also add a straight section between 45's for larger. Either of these thoughs use lots of couplings and have little ridgidity if required.

Can you use pvc? With pvc you can use heated blankets or a hot box.

 

[Jess]

I did a service on a shed a few years ago and needed a mast to get the minimum clearance. In order to mount the meter at the correct height, the mast had to be offset from the meter. I bought a length of EMT and went to a local electrical shop to have them bend it for me. No problem, one of the guys there dropped it into their hydraulic bender in the shop and when I tried to pay for it, there was no way they would accept anything, even into the coffee fund. I have rental units in several locations in that city and that company does all my electrical work now. What goes around comes around.

Ask a local shop if they can bend it for you. Single piece is much better than one cobbled together out of premade bends and couplings. Weatherproof id even more...

 

[OKDart]

This is for a 125 amp subpanel from my main inside my shop to about 30 ft away. I need 2 90s which I already have, a 1 3/4" to 2" offset coming out of the subpanel, a slight bend which I could use a 45 for, and there are 2 beams that I have to go around.

I will go to an electric shop or a muffler shop when I have time. I'm rarely in a position to get things like this done during business hours, which is why I was looking for pre-made bends.

 

[cg81]

Do you have room for unistrut to be installed above the panel? Then use the conduit clamps that attach to the unistruth. This can be used to fill the gap between the conduit and the wall without bends. It also comes in two thicknesses.

 

[tonyprovo723]

What about using an offset ****** like Eaton Crouse Hinds 303DC. http://www.cooperindustries.com/con...offsetconduitnipplesforrigidimcfittings.html#



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[OKDart]

UPDATE:

I went to an electrical supply place and they said they had nothing other than 90 degree bends, but they recommended a place that can bend it across town. I stopped at a muffler shop on the way and the smallest they can bend is 1 1/2". They grabbed the 1 1/2 die and held it to the tubing and matched pretty good, so they ended up doing all the bends for me.

I realize EMT is measured from inside diameter, but the wall thickness would have to be 1/8" to make the math work. So after I got home I measured with my dial calipers and got about 1.5" O.D. and 1.41 I.D. and the tubing is clearly marked 1 1/4 EMT.

 

[mburrus]

trade size and actual size are not the same... 1/2" emt and fittings are actually 7/8"... and so on.

 

[manwithtools]

And tubing (EMT = Electrical Metallic Tubing) and pipe (Ridgid conduit) are different as well.

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[teamextreme]

I'd be real careful with muffler shop bending. Electrical bends have minimum bend radius to avoid damaging wire when pulling. Muffler pipe bending dies are often super tight radius to fit into cramped vehicle undercarriages. Measure the radius and let us know what it is. Bend radius on 1-1/4" EMT I believe is supposed to be 8.75".

 

[manwithtools]

If he only had an offset bent, I'm dubious that he violated a minimum bend radius. It would be difficult to measure at best in 1-1/4 EMT - depending on what the offset was. If it was a 90 degree bend then that's another story.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I bent 1 1/4" emt with my 1 1/2" tubing die in a jd^2 knock-off bender. I was surprised too. This was for my race truck radiator.





The next pic shows the only problem bend, it started to kink;

 

[teamextreme]

If he only had an offset bent, I'm dubious that he violated a minimum bend radius. It would be difficult to measure at best in 1-1/4 EMT - depending on what the offset was. If it was a 90 degree bend then that's another story.

Oops, I missed that it was just an offset, ya, should be fine.