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    Oct 16, 2007, 07:34 AM
    Conduit sizing
    I have 4 conductor tray cable , 3 number two and one # 6 bare ground in a jacketed tray cable, would 1 1/2 rigid conduit be suficient for this application, it runs about 200 ft
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    Oct 16, 2007, 01:00 PM
    Without doing the conduit fill calcs, 1.5" conduit may be of sufficient size,but I would use a min of 2" for a pull like this.

    To do the actual calcs, I need the outside dimension of the cable.
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