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Moving Violations Video No. 54, by Russ LeBlanc, NEC Consultant: Lack of Expansion Fittings

Aug 21, 2013 | Electrical Construction and Maintenance

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In this episode, Russ shows us what can happen when you don't install expansion fittings on PVC runs as required by the NEC.

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richie127

on Aug 22, 2013

also there are no straps supporting the conduit as it comes up

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Anonymous (not verified)

on Sep 19, 2013

Poor choice of conduit, EMT or RMC would have been much better, physical damage could also be a code violation.

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