10 December 2019

What is concealed conduit wiring | Material required | Tools | Procedure | Precaution | Applications

The concealed conduit wiring system is the most popular, most common type of house electrical wiring used. Conduit wiring is a professional way if wiring a building and domestic wiring. Let us talk about what is conduit wiring, materials and tools are used in conduit wiring and how to install, uses, precautions a concealed conduit wiring system.

What is concealed conduit wiring?

In this method of wiring, all the conduits are installed into the wall and the conduit should be covered by the list 1/4 inch of plaster in sunken work.

Do you conceal conduit wires is used in wall, you will never spics wires together and conceal them within a wall without a junction box, it is a fire hazard. So you use proper wiring rules for how to used wires in-wall and put in an accessible junction box for the connected wires.

Materials used in Concealed Conduit Wiring:


Materials:
  • Wooden board
  • Installation tap
  • Junction box
  • ceiling rose
  • Lamp holder
  • PVC cable
  • Main witch 
  • Switch
  • Sockets
  • screws
  • Tees
  • Elbow
  • Kitke fuse 
  • Bushing

Tools used in Concealed Conduit Wiring :


Tools:
  • File
  • Megger
  • Knife
  • Hummer
  • Wood saw
  • Hack saw
  • Pipe wrench
  • Screw wrench
  • Drill machine 
  • Measuring tape
  • Combinational plier
  • Stock and die set
  • Phase tester
  • Nose plier
  • Metal hook
  • Stair

The procedure of concealed conduit wiring:

We all know that the concealed wiring the except meaning of that concealed conduit wiring. It is very laborious to install. The layout of this wiring is done under the wall of the building. Conduit wiring pipes are buried under the plaster of the wall with GI wire inside. After, with the uses of GI wires, the main PVC insulated cables are drawn through the conduit system.

Precautions of concealed conduit wiring:

  • The interior surface of the conduit must be clean and dry otherwise the cables may suffer damage.
  • Every metal box must be earthed
  • Always use the looping method.
  • The conduit must be installed during building construction work in the concrete ceiling.
  • All the safety precautions which are taken in the surface conduit system will also be implied in a concealed system.
  • Whenever conduit is to be buried by concrete special care must be taken, otherwise, liquid cement may enter the conduit.

Uses of concealed conduit wiring:

  • Home
  • Hospitals
  • Commercial place
  • Bungalows
  • Cold storage
  • Railway station 
  • Record room
  • Laboratory
  • Workshop
  • Mosques

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