Conduit

Rigid Conduit, Fittings, and Accessories – Frequently Asked Questions
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Acetonitrile - Not sure, usually anything with Acetone is bad and PVC should not
be used.
Dimethylformamide - Not Recommended, severe effect
Methanol - Excellent, no effect
Pyridine - Not Recommended, severe effect
Tetrahydrofuran - Not Recommended, severe effect
Toluene - Not Recommended, severe effect
This is a great site for determining chemical resistance:
http://www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/chemcomp.asp
Does Carlon have any CSA certified Schedule 80 products?
CSA does not recognize heavy wall product over schedule 40. To my
knowledge, none of our heavy wall products are CSA approved.
I have browsed your site and looked in the printed information that I have and
can find nothing outlining storage requirements for your products. Is such a
publication available? If not please indicate the same.
We are being told to properly store several thousand feet of the 4" and 5” PVC
ridged conduit. The material is stored outside, in the bundles delivered by the
carrier for up to 10 months. Our stance is that it does not have to be covered nor
raised up on blocks. The conduit is sunlight resistant and in fact storing it on
blocks of wood may damage the conduit or at least instill curvatures, which are
undesirable.
http://www.nema.org/products/div5/5tc/tcb2.pdf
Please refer to the NEMA document at the above website for some guidelines on
storage. You don't want to store the product on raised block because sagging will
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