Conduit Fill

Pick the raceway type and the insulation, and tap in the conductors, grounds included. The app gives the smallest conduit that holds them by NEC Chapter 9, the percent fill, the jam ratio and a to-scale cross-section, and writes it up as a PDF.

The tools - now showing Conduit Fill
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One job, start to finish — slides

The app’s own example, every screen in order, 10 steps.

  1. Conduit Fill screen: The example opens filled in: three 1 AWG and a 6 AWG ground in EMT, size on Auto, with the answer pinned at the foot of the screen.

    STEP 1 OF 10The example opens filled in: three 1 AWG and a 6 AWG ground in EMT, size on Auto, with the answer pinned at the foot of the screen.

  2. Conduit Fill screen: The conductors: THHN / THWN-2 insulation, three 1 AWG and one 6 AWG. Tap a size to add one.

    STEP 2 OF 10The conductors: THHN / THWN-2 insulation, three 1 AWG and one 6 AWG. Tap a size to add one.

  3. Conduit Fill screen: Three 1 AWG and one 6 AWG, with the size buttons below, 16 AWG to 250 kcmil.

    STEP 3 OF 10Three 1 AWG and one 6 AWG, with the size buttons below, 16 AWG to 250 kcmil.

  4. Conduit Fill screen: The 6 AWG marked as the equipment grounding conductor, and the system set to 480Y/277 V, 3-phase for the drawing colors.

    STEP 4 OF 10The 6 AWG marked as the equipment grounding conductor, and the system set to 480Y/277 V, 3-phase for the drawing colors.

  5. Conduit Fill screen: The cross-section to scale: 1-1/4 in EMT, 1.380 in inside diameter, three 1 AWG and the 6 AWG EGC, with their Table 5 areas.

    STEP 5 OF 10The cross-section to scale: 1-1/4 in EMT, 1.380 in inside diameter, three 1 AWG and the 6 AWG EGC, with their Table 5 areas.

  6. Conduit Fill screen: Fill 34.7%, within 40%. Jam ratio 3.09, in the jamming band. The color key, the answer, and how it was worked out.

    STEP 6 OF 10Fill 34.7%, within 40%. Jam ratio 3.09, in the jamming band. The color key, the answer, and how it was worked out.

  7. Conduit Fill screen: The working ends at 1-1/4 in EMT, 34.7% fill. The report: name the job, save or share the PDF, or save the job.

    STEP 7 OF 10The working ends at 1-1/4 in EMT, 34.7% fill. The report: name the job, save or share the PDF, or save the job.

  8. Conduit Fill screen: Code references in plain language: Chapter 9 Tables 1, 4 and 5, Notes 4 and 7, and the derating rules.

    STEP 8 OF 10Code references in plain language: Chapter 9 Tables 1, 4 and 5, Notes 4 and 7, and the derating rules.

  9. Conduit Fill screen: The rest of the code references: 240.4(D), the rooftop adder in 310.15(B)(2), and 310.14(A)(2).

    STEP 9 OF 10The rest of the code references: 240.4(D), the rooftop adder in 310.15(B)(2), and 310.14(A)(2).

  10. Page 1 of the PDF report: The PDF, page 1: the inputs and the answer, 1-1/4 in EMT, 35% full, 40% allowed.

    STEP 10 OF 10The PDF, page 1: the inputs and the answer, 1-1/4 in EMT, 35% full, 40% allowed.

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One job, start to finish — video

The same 10 screens with the captions burned in. No sound.

MP4, 1.2 MB, 11 seconds.

The report

The PDF report for the same job, all 3 pages as the app writes it.

Page 1 of the Conduit Fill PDF report
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Page 2 of the Conduit Fill PDF report
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Page 3 of the Conduit Fill PDF report
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Where it runs

Two places to run it

Stinger Pro Tools

On Android, $49.99 once. Everything on this page.

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The Stinger Pro Suite

In the Suite inside its Conduit Fill screen, with the same Chapter 9 fill figures for THHN. The to-scale cross-section with the fill bar and jam check, the XHHW and TW/THW areas, tap-a-size entry and the EGC and system choices came out of the app and are being brought back across.

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