hello and welcome to this latest video in our series on the subject of trunking now
in previous videos we've looked at the subject as a broad overview we've looked at lids and end
caps and how to fit those and we've looked at the types of accessories but in this video what we're
going to do is we're going to zoom in on some of those accessories and we're actually going
to fit them so what are we going to be covering in this video Jake so we'll be looking at all
the different accessories we've spoke about them in a previous video but now we're actually going
to look at putting them together with the lid on and where we would use them show examples of what
they look like in place very nice so specifically we're going to take a deep dive into the 90s now
i know what you're thinking the 90s were fantastic it was Blur vs Oasis it was a heady time i'm
sure you remember it well Jake i don't remember too much of the 90s barely born okay 93 93 yep
make me feel old Jake okay so we're not talking about that kind of 90s though we're talking about
90 degree bends in this episode so we're going to bring the camera in a look how this connects up
very good so you've got the external 90
and that's just sliding in there now notice you've got your lid still on your trunking there Jake is
that right that's right yeah so it'll uh still slide on with the lid on that's not a problem
very good and we're using the pre-drilled holes in this case so we were fortunate enough to have
a piece of trunking industry manufacturer's holes in which makes life easier it's good
and this is obviously a really nice easy way of doing this now we're going to
create some content where we show you how to fabricate some of these bends
obviously you know we understand that on site prefabricated bends are the way to go because
it's much quicker but on those occasions when you find yourself on a Friday night absolutely at your
wit's end because you're missing a 90 or an offset or something like that and you've got to get it in
then knowing how to do them by hand is it's just as essential as using the prefabricated ones
so there we go and this side of course doesn't have any lid on and that's still got on there
nice and easy so you can install it either way which is cool very good so these are the holes
that we drilled using our template very good yeah so again big thanks to Eddie from Pegasus for
demonstrating the idea of that template for us and if you don't know what we're talking about then
please check out a previous video in this series where we showed you how to use that template
very good okay so we've got the corner fixed onto the two pieces of trunking there so what
are we looking at now Jake yes we'll look at how the lid goes on and again we spoke
about this in a previous video they just uh it simply clips on the little dimples just
snap on holding it in place very nice now this is quite an interesting demonstration here because
we've seen on the side that's got the lid on already that that just clips over the lid so
it's actually the lid that's holding the lid on the straight piece of trunking that's holding
the lid on the bend in place there so that's quite clever and that's got that really securely there
Jake that was that took a bit of a snap together on there and of course if we can just see the side
that doesn't have the lid you can see that that's still a little bit kind of loose there isn't it so
that's still flattening the wind a little bit so we need that lid in place on the straight pieces
of trunking in order to get the lid to sit on the prefabricated bend nicely that's great so that
is the which bend is this again Jake that's the external 90 external 90. so again you can imagine
if this is perhaps a mezzanine roof or something like that on a factory unit or something like that
and we need to come off the top of that and drop down a wall then that's where we'd be using this
external 90 degree bend so that's really nice and self explanatory that's great thanks for
that Jake we'll move on to the next one so we'll take a look at the internal 90 now Joe very good
so again we can clearly see a difference in this straight away from the last one because the lid
is on the inside of the bend there not on the outside hence internal 90. that's right so all
we've got to make sure is that we get the opening the right way it's not facing backwards oh yeah
that's a good point yep and it simply just slots on same as the previous bend very good so we just
push those together screw that into place now that's good and one of the things i like about
this particular trunking is you've got that kind of lip on the inside of the accessory there which
basically means that you're always going to push the trunking into the right sort of distance which
is really good there we go so that's two screws in i thought you're going to cross thread that one
then joke but you pulled it back like a star well done very good okay so now we'll get the other
piece of trunking again just slot it on really nice and neat again some manufacturers you may
need to use a coupler to join these together and there are some accessories from Atkor
that do require that and we'll look at those in a later video but this one has the benefit of going
inside which has a couple of benefits as we've seen very good and the final one just going in now
so again fitting these is an absolute breeze makes electricians lives easier which we're big fans of
and we've just got to get this last screw in and we're all good
there we go happy days very good so again we've got that internal bend and the lid
for that looks a little bit different to the last one doesn't it so we'll just uh
just pop pop some lid on just for demonstration purposes so we're not going to fix that
in this case and again you can see that when that pushes on
those nibs lock it in place and it really it goes with a with a snap doesn't it really does hold on
which is really cool and again just making things easier for electricians all these prefabricated
bends as we've said we will show you how to do bends that you fabricate yourself there might
be times when you need to do that but how much easier it is just being able to use these ones
that are made for you already brilliant so that's the internal 90 one left we'll look at the next
one now so we look at the flat 90 now Joe very good so again uh another change here so we've
now got the lid on the kind of on the side of the trunking here instead of on the inside or
the outside very good and again it's the same principles as we've already looked at
slots together nice and easy very good so we push it inside there and then the holes
line up and it's just a matter of getting those screws done up very good so that just does up
and before you know it we've got a fully formed right angle and what's nice about these right
angles as well is the way they've got this kind of chamfer in the middle of it here so if we lay that
down flat again we've got this kind of part here where you can see that it doesn't go across and
then down you've got this kind of chamfer here which helps you with your bending radii of your
cables that you've got installed there which is super helpful and we've seen that feature on all
of these right angle bends which is really good excellent so let's get these last screws in now
so one on this side and then one on the other side
and that's our accessory connected up very good so we're doing those screws up so once again
we'll just pop the lid on just as a demonstration effectively so there's no need to pin this down in
this case because we're just demonstrating how this goes on and once again you've got the same
principle as before so the lid just snaps on to the accessory and those nibs go over the lid and
hold it in place again super helpful so what kind of application would we be seeing for this one
Jake yes so you'd see it might see that if you're running trunking down the wall or along the wall
and you want to change the direction so perhaps something like that yeah so if you've got it
surface mounted like that uh yeah that makes sense so you come down and turn right and then maybe
feed into some other accessories or consumer unit or something good stuff okay so that's our three
right angle bends so there we go we've looked at the three different types of right angle accessory
that are available for trunking what were the name of those three right angle bends Jake
we looked at our flat knight here and internal and external as well excellent so we're familiar with
those now we've seen them fitted to the trunking couldn't be simpler in fairness and we'll continue
to look at some more trunking accessories in our next video in this series however of course we
want to hear from you as we always do so what are your thoughts and what are your questions on this
subject of trunking and in particular trunking accessories do you like using them for your
trunking or do you think it should be done the old school way by fabricating your own bends and
joins every single time whatever your thoughts are whatever your questions are please leave those in
the comments section below and Jake will make sure that he gets back to every single one of those
but as always the only thing left to say in this video is thank you very much for watching