I need to make a place for wires to come out of my house from the
basement. The wall is brick so I don't want to drill the brick.
This is my idea. I greated an insert out of wood to fit into the
window (no great loss, it's below grade anyway).
Remember that this is a basement window / insert is below grade in a
square hole.

Using this insert I will drill a hole and install conduit in this
manner:

A horizontal piece inserted through the hole in the insert and
extending about 4 inches or so to the outside.
A 90 degree elbow attached to this outside end, oriented so it streight
up.
A streight piece attached to this elbow vertically and long enough to
extend above grade about 8 inches or so.
Attached to the top of this would be 2 90 degree elbows put together to
forn a 180 degree U shape.
Thos would be installed on top of the vertical bit upsidedown to keep
rain out.

Then the wire would be run through it.

It would look something like:

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Do they make these preformed?
Can I use PVC (Not UV resistant)
Use metal pipe (Heavy and overkill for a conduit)
Any better ways to do this?

Thanks.

What type of wires are you planning on having run through the tube?
Extension cords will need their ends removed to fit through. NM cable should
not be used in locations such as this where they are likely at risk of
damage close to the ground.

"coustanis" wrote in message
oups.com...
I need to make a place for wires to come out of my house from the
basement. The wall is brick so I don't want to drill the brick.
This is my idea. I greated an insert out of wood to fit into the
window (no great loss, it's below grade anyway).
Remember that this is a basement window / insert is below grade in a
square hole.

Using this insert I will drill a hole and install conduit in this
manner:

A horizontal piece inserted through the hole in the insert and
extending about 4 inches or so to the outside.
A 90 degree elbow attached to this outside end, oriented so it streight
up.
A streight piece attached to this elbow vertically and long enough to
extend above grade about 8 inches or so.
Attached to the top of this would be 2 90 degree elbows put together to
forn a 180 degree U shape.
Thos would be installed on top of the vertical bit upsidedown to keep
rain out.

Then the wire would be run through it.

It would look something like:

|------------
| |
| |
|
___________|

Do they make these preformed?
Can I use PVC (Not UV resistant)
Use metal pipe (Heavy and overkill for a conduit)
Any better ways to do this?

Thanks.

EXT wrote:
What type of wires are you planning on having run through the tube?
Extension cords will need their ends removed to fit through. NM cable should
not be used in locations such as this where they are likely at risk of
damage close to the ground.

"coustanis" wrote in message
oups.com...
I need to make a place for wires to come out of my house from the
basement. The wall is brick so I don't want to drill the brick.
This is my idea. I greated an insert out of wood to fit into the
window (no great loss, it's below grade anyway).
Remember that this is a basement window / insert is below grade in a
square hole.

Using this insert I will drill a hole and install conduit in this
manner:

A horizontal piece inserted through the hole in the insert and
extending about 4 inches or so to the outside.
A 90 degree elbow attached to this outside end, oriented so it streight
up.
A streight piece attached to this elbow vertically and long enough to
extend above grade about 8 inches or so.
Attached to the top of this would be 2 90 degree elbows put together to
forn a 180 degree U shape.
Thos would be installed on top of the vertical bit upsidedown to keep
rain out.

Then the wire would be run through it.

It would look something like:

|------------
| |
| |
|
___________|

Do they make these preformed?
Can I use PVC (Not UV resistant)
Use metal pipe (Heavy and overkill for a conduit)
Any better ways to do this?

Thanks.


I was going to use nomex. After it exits the conduit, I was going to
run it up the outside of the house in another conduit.
It will carry 220v for my generator feed.

"coustanis" wrote in message
oups.com...

EXT wrote:
What type of wires are you planning on having run through the tube?
Extension cords will need their ends removed to fit through. NM cable
should
not be used in locations such as this where they are likely at risk of
damage close to the ground.

"coustanis" wrote in message
oups.com...
I need to make a place for wires to come out of my house from the
basement. The wall is brick so I don't want to drill the brick.
This is my idea. I greated an insert out of wood to fit into the
window (no great loss, it's below grade anyway).
Remember that this is a basement window / insert is below grade in a
square hole.

Using this insert I will drill a hole and install conduit in this
manner:

A horizontal piece inserted through the hole in the insert and
extending about 4 inches or so to the outside.
A 90 degree elbow attached to this outside end, oriented so it
streight
up.
A streight piece attached to this elbow vertically and long enough to
extend above grade about 8 inches or so.
Attached to the top of this would be 2 90 degree elbows put together
to
forn a 180 degree U shape.
Thos would be installed on top of the vertical bit upsidedown to keep
rain out.

Then the wire would be run through it.

It would look something like:

|------------
| |
| |
|
___________|

Do they make these preformed?
Can I use PVC (Not UV resistant)
Use metal pipe (Heavy and overkill for a conduit)
Any better ways to do this?

Thanks.


I was going to use nomex. After it exits the conduit, I was going to
run it up the outside of the house in another conduit.
It will carry 220v for my generator feed.



I'm not a big fan of running conduit up the side of my customer's houses.
In your case if that's the only way possible I would drill a hole through
the rim joist and mount an LB condulet outside and just run the conduit from
there. PVC is easier to work with and is paintable. Paint it ahead of time
to match your siding then install it. Put some duct seal around the LB
where it penetrates the siding. With larger wires I like to use an LB that
is one size bigger than the conduit and use reducing bushings to make it
fit.


John Grabowski
http://www.mrelectrician.tv