BENDING 2" PVC SCH 40 CONDUIT 1

[SYQUEST]

Does anyone have any tricks, guidelines, dos and don'ts for bending 2" PVC schedule 40. I have an installtion that needs a custom elbow angle. I have thought about using a torch to heat the PVC, but thought I should get some input from some of you, who may have "been there and done that" and not melt everything in the process.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

....JIM....

 

[skip555]

heat gun will work better than torch in my opion . just try to heat it evanly and work up some kind of mandrell with the angle you want .

 

[SYQUEST]

I hadn't thought of using a heat gun. I have one that I use for shrink tubing and previously to that, when I needed a heat source for troubleshooting older electronics with intermittent heat related problems. I will try your suggestion.

Thanks!

....JIM....

 

[lopes1211]

We used to use the exhaust pipe of the van in a pinch. Seriously, it worked well.

-CL

 

[telecomtekperson]

I used to be an electrician. Call a local industrial/commercial electical contractor. They might have a PVC bender. It's a sleeve that goes around with a few collars so it woont kink it.

 

[wahnula]

Jim...there are a lot of stock ells that are gentle bends, not just the long or short 90 degree sweeps. With a package of collars and those pre-made fittings that should work for most bends. I would hesitate to inhale tailpipe exhaust .

I have used everything including a Bic lighter, whatever is available is fine...there may not always be convenient access for one tool or another, so be flexible [/pun].

Tony

 

[SYQUEST]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am aware you can get (order) different angle ELBOWs. Nobody usually stocks anything but 90s or 45s, and sometimes not even those in 2". (They also charge a premium price.) But in this case I had a requirement for an angle between 30 and 22-1/2 degrees where it comes out of the ceiling to reach the Unistrut. So I used a 45 and a 22-1/2 that I heated with my heat gun to get an angle close enough to clamp it on the Unistrut. So that worked out OK.

....JIM....

 

[wires]

This works well:

cableorganizer.com/greenlee/bender/electric-pvc-bender.htm