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  • BS 4568-1:1970

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    Specification for steel conduit and fittings with metric threads of ISO form for electrical installations Steel conduit, bends and couplers

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  31-10-2013

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  27-02-1970

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Cooperating organizations
    Foreword
    Specification
    1. Scope
    2. General requirements
    3. General conditions for the tests described in
        Appendix A
    4. Classification
    5. Marking
    6. Dimensions
    7. Construction
    8. Mechanical properties of conduit
    9. Resistance to corrosion
    10. Electrical continuity
    11. Test for fittings of malleable cast iron
    Appendix
    A. Tests
    A.1 Test for durability of marking
    A.2 Test of mechanical properties of conduit
    A.3 Tests for resistance to corrosion
    A.4 Requirements for the efficiency of the conduit/
        fitting conducting path
    A.5 Tests for malleable cast iron fittings
    Figures
    1. Screw threads, profile
    2. Gauges for screw threads on conduits
    3. Gauges for screw threads in fittings
    4. Gauges for checking the outside diameter of conduits
    5. Gauges for checking permissible ovality of conduits
    6. Bending tool
    Standard sheets
    1. Conduits, light gauge, (plain)
    2. Conduits, heavy gauge, (screwed or plain)
    3. Couplers, plain
    4. Bends, plain
    5. Bends, internally plain
    6. Couplers, internally screwed
    7. Bends, externally screwed

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Classification, dimensions and tests for plain and threaded conduit, bends and couplers in metric sizes.

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    Committee PEL/213
    Development Note Supersedes 65/12020 DC. (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2011. (11/2011)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn

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