Another Shed post, lighting this time.

[murraymint]

I'm planning on installing a couple of 600 x 1200 Super Slim LED Panel Light 70w, https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTSP70W.html, in addition I will be using surface mounted 25mm metal conduit, I'm looking for that industrial look.

My question to you guys is, how do you plan your conduit runs, for instance, do you mark out the position of lights sockets ETC?

Thank you for any answers.

 

[Fleeting]

How are you planning on connecting the conduit into them?

 

[murraymint]

Sorry, should have said that the lights will be installed in a surface mounted frame, 50mm deep. https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Produc...MIgN2f6PbIigMVWUxBAh2fzTA_EAEYASACEgIHxvD_BwE

 

[roys]

Are you using plastic conduit or galvy conduit, plastic stuff is a lot easier but probably not the look you after. Metal conduit, needs some kit like a threading die and stock, benders, although you could probably get away without the benders if you didn’t have any sets and kicks to do.
You would probably only need 20mm conduit for this.
You will also need bushes, couplers, lock rings, inspection elbows maybe, end boxes or straight through boxes maybe, and saddles, 13 threads onto the end of a conduit for a lock ring and coupler, 11 if no lock ring.
Yip all measured and conduit cut taking into account the couplers and boxes.
Not a job usually done as a one off by someone who has not done it before.
Where roughly in the country are you?

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

You don't actually need a di for steel conduit anymore, you can get conduit boxes with a grubscrew that holds it in place, seen it, not used it, forgot what its called.

 

[roys]

You don't actually need a di for steel conduit anymore, you can get conduit boxes with a grubscrew that holds it in place, seen it, not used it, forgot what its called.

Ah yes, true, never used myself and probably never will as retired now and still have bits and pieces of the “proper” stuff left if I needed to do a wee job or help someone out.

 

[UNG]

You don't actually need a di for steel conduit anymore, you can get conduit boxes with a grubscrew that holds it in place, seen it, not used it, forgot what its called.

Conlok
I have only ever used it for imperial to metric conduit alterations but I don't see any reason why it could not be used for a new installation if you don't have the vice and the stocks and die's to use the traditional method