Plastic conduit between two buildings
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:16 am
The Condo is two separate buildings connected by a walkway on each floor. The walkways have an expansion joint that is roughly 1 1/2 inches thick, made from some kind of flexible material. During the concrete renovation more than one section of concrete was completely removed, 2 feet on either side of the expansion joint. Some of the original metal conduit was damaged and had to be replaced. It appears that the original connection had some kind of flexible joint between the buildings.
I looked at the electrical repairs done and the damaged sections have been replaced with plastic conduit, no flexible joint between the two buildings, just a straight piece of plastic. Is this the proper method?
Also the original conduit was metal, providing a proper ground for the circuit. Putting in the plastic removes this ground.
I suspect that whoever did the work, cut the wires to put in the plastic and just ran a single piece of conduit, there is no junction box on these.
I looked at the electrical repairs done and the damaged sections have been replaced with plastic conduit, no flexible joint between the two buildings, just a straight piece of plastic. Is this the proper method?
Also the original conduit was metal, providing a proper ground for the circuit. Putting in the plastic removes this ground.
I suspect that whoever did the work, cut the wires to put in the plastic and just ran a single piece of conduit, there is no junction box on these.