What is electrician hickey?

A hickey fitting is a simple metal part that allows you to connect the threaded nipples of two different sizes to an electrical box. You use a hickey when installing a chandelier or other type of a hanging light fixture.

What is a hickey for conduit?

A hickey bender is used to bend conduit in small bends with short segments, for instance, in order to bend a 90° bend with this type of bender you would bend 9 each 10° bends with short gaps in between them. Another way to bend rigid or IMC conduit by hand is to use a full sweep bender for rigid or use an EMT bender.

What is a hickey in construction terms?

[′hik·ē] (electricity) A threaded coupling for attaching an electrical fixture to an outlet box, used when wires from the fixture come out of the end of a stem on the fixture, rather than through an opening in the side of the stem.

How do you use a hickey bender?

Place the "start" end of the conduit against a wall. Slip the hickey over the other end and line it up with the "bend" mark. If the hickey has a mark that reads "0," line up that mark with the "bend" mark. Pull up on your bender handle until the conduit is vertical.

What is offset bend?

An offset bend is a style of bend that is built independently of the 90° stub and the Back to Back bend and is an important bend to know when running conduit. It is common to shift the conduit a certain distance while continuing to run parallel in the same direction as the pre-shift portion of the conduit.

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What is a 45 degree bend?

The Bend 45 is a Silent Plus SWR pipe fitting connecting two sewage pipes or pipes with fittings in the plumbing system. It is a connection fitting with a specific degree of diversion that directs the flow of discharge water between two pipes/fittings at a 45-degree angle.

Why electrical pipe bending is important?

The main objective of a pipe bender is to bend the pipe without any buckling (collapsing under pressure), and with as little crimping and flattening as possible. It is important that the pipe keeps its shape as deformed pipes can break under pressure, crack and generally look less appealing.

Why is it called a hickey?

The origin of the word is from its earlier meaning of "pimple, skin lesion" (c. 1915); perhaps a sense extension and spelling variation from the earlier word meaning "small gadget, device; any unspecified object" which has an unknown origin (1909).

What is slang in construction?

General Construction Slang and Terms

A heavy wire chair-shaped device used to hold steel reinforcement off the bottom of the slab during the placement of concrete. Honey Hole.

Are hickeys inappropriate?

Having a hickey is not dangerous or bad since they are harmless and do not affect who you are as a person. Physically, hickeys are no worse than any bruise. The social component can make people feel like they could be judged for having a visible hickey.

Can you bend EMT with a Chicago bender?

The combination hydraulic benders, which can handle up to four-inch conduit (the maximum sizes of EMT and IMC conduit), are the most popular. With some models, users can make a full 90-degree bend in one shot or can use segment bending to make a larger sweep.

What are the types of Bender and bends?

What mark is used on the bender to do box offsets?

Always use the Arrow Mark on the bender shoe when bending the Offset Bend. Always use the Rim Notch once and Arrow (twice) on the bender shoe when bending the Three Point Saddle Bend.

What is a no dog level?

The "No-Dog" is a hand tool that eliminates "dog-legs" in offsets and saddles. It is a lightweight aluminum level measuring 1/2" by 1" by 2" that is clipped to the end of the conduit when making bends.

What is a dog leg in conduit?

Top Definition. a conduit that is bent for an offset but its crooked.

What is a 90 degree elbow?

The 90° pipe elbows is used to connect tubes at a 90° angle. As the name suggests, the elbow is always a right-angle in shape. Such type of elbow is also known as "90 bends or 90 ells". This is a pipe fitting device which is bent in such a way to produce 90° change in the direction of flow of the fluid/gas in the pipe.

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