Artisi Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) Does anyone have or can you point me in the right direction to get the actual OD dimension of Thai PVC electric conduit - domestic sizes 20 - 30 mm -- I want to compare it to Aussie sizes for junction boxes, elbows etc -- thanks Edited August 3, 2010 by Artisi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankruatsteve Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Not sure what you mean about "Thai PVC electrical conduit" ? But, the normal yellow PVC for electric that you can find just about anywhere starts at about 5/8" OD and goes up from there. These are about 4m length. Suggest you go to your local Home Pro, Global, or any "electric" place to see what they have and bring along whatever it is you need to fit up. and check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkangorito Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 A 5/8 OD coverted to metric (0.625 x 1") equals 15.875mm. Unfortunately for some, Thailand is largely Metric. As such, Imperial dimensions are few & far between (I hope). The normal 'smaller' Aussie sizes are (ID); 1] 16mm. 2] 20mm. 3] 32mm. 4] 40mm. I will check the OD of some conduit tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankruatsteve Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I don't have any in front of me at the moment - but "I'm pretty sure" the PVC sold here is listed in inches. ie: the print on the pipe. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 The Thai water PVC sizes are figured in multiples of 1/8 in, called Hun(as in Oz crazy driver). hok hun would be 3/4 in ID, OD would be almost an inch. Haven't measured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I don't have any in front of me at the moment - but "I'm pretty sure" the PVC sold here is listed in inches. ie: the print on the pipe. ?? each pipe and fitting marked with mm, and some brands aditionally in inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) Have found the dimensions for the Yellow PVC electric conduit outside diameter if anyone else is interested 1/2" 18MM 3/4" 26 1" 34 1 1/4" 42 1 1/2" 48 Edited August 4, 2010 by Artisi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechstreet Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I was just on this page last night...http://www.elephantpipe.com/product_tel_white.html first column is nominal size second column is OD (with tolerance) third column is wall thickness (with tolerance) Here's the yellow stuff too http://www.elephantpipe.com/product_tel_yellow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 To the OP if your thanking of bringing in proper electrical fittings from AUS then I would suggest that you bring in some proper PVC conduit also. This crap her would not pass for water pipe let alone electrical in the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankruatsteve Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 To the OP if your thanking of bringing in proper electrical fittings from AUS then I would suggest that you bring in some proper PVC conduit also. This crap her would not pass for water pipe let alone electrical in the west. Hmm - so you're saying this is a case (in Thailand) where PVC is not really? Why do you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechstreet Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 To the OP if your thanking of bringing in proper electrical fittings from AUS then I would suggest that you bring in some proper PVC conduit also. This crap her would not pass for water pipe let alone electrical in the west. SCG (aka Elephant Pipe I think) has a pretty clean and solid looking PVC system. I haven't gotten an actual catalog or cut sheets yet but the pipe I saw (at the "SCG Experience" at CDC) was labeled "uPCV NPI High Impact White". After seeing it in person we are considering using it in an exposed application for our house (the quote for steel conduit made me soil my pants). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkangorito Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 From discussions today & also by taking some measurements, Thai electrical conduit is Imperial & is therefore not compatible with Metric products (e.g. Clipsal). The Standard for Thai electrical conduit is TIS 216-2524. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electau Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) From discussions today & also by taking some measurements, Thai electrical conduit is Imperial & is therefore not compatible with Metric products (e.g. Clipsal). The Standard for Thai electrical conduit is TIS 216-2524. One may be able to obtain adaptors from Imperial/US to Metric. There is also the PG range (Europe) adaptors are available for metric to PG and PG to metric. Electrical conduit is measured by external diameter, water pipe by internal diameter. Edited August 4, 2010 by electau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 (edited) From discussions today & also by taking some measurements, Thai electrical conduit is Imperial & is therefore not compatible with Metric products (e.g. Clipsal). The Standard for Thai electrical conduit is TIS 216-2524. One may be able to obtain adaptors from Imperial/US to Metric. There is also the PG range (Europe) adaptors are available for metric to PG and PG to metric. Electrical conduit is measured by external diameter, water pipe by internal diameter. Actually, so called "water pipe" is sized as a nominal ID, ie, 3/8", 1/2", 3/4" 1" etc but these sizes bear no resemblance to the actual ID - the pipe is manufactured and toleranced on its OD, the OD is important in terms of maintaining a known diameter so that it can be threaded (externally) and in the larger sizes have slip on flanges fitted and welded. Edited August 5, 2010 by Artisi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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