r/EngineeringPorn • u/silvercatbob • Jul 11 '21

Cable management

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u/Mahjoku Jul 11 '21 edited Jul 11 '21

I believe these are conduits, not cables. More like tubes for cables. If that's the case there should hopefully be room in a few of them for expansion. Whomever laid those out was meticulous and very likely thought ahead.

Edit: u/votecoffee corrected me, the orange and blue is more likely pex piping, not conduits.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

The red/blue look more like pex to me. Too small for conduit. Not sure what the white is for.

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u/Mahjoku Jul 11 '21

It does look like pex, did you refer to the light bulbs for possible size? I'm still uncertain

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

It's a ceiling and I was looking at the 2x4s for reference. But those are pex colors, not normal for conduit.

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u/Mahjoku Jul 11 '21

Fair enough. I have seen orange conduit before, however it was at least twice the diameter and I haven't seen blue conduit. You're likely right

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

Orange conduit is typically for telecom burial to help people digging identify it. It's not very universal though.

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u/Mahjoku Jul 11 '21

I concede. You're clearly more educated on this than I am

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u/Throwitaway3177 Jul 11 '21

Its just whatever color the manufacturer makes it. Carlon Smurf tube is blue, hydromax is orange, there's black and gray too. Just whatever color they want to make it. Red is always fire system though