Code Applied by the app elec.emt.bends
EMT bends between pull points
A run of EMT may turn no more than 360° in total between pull points, the equal of four quarter bends, so a run with more needs a box or conduit body in it.
| When | The app uses |
|---|---|
| total of the bends in one run, box to box or pull point to pull point | 360 ° of bends |
- Source
- NEC · 358.26 · read the public text
- Editions checked
- 2017 · 2020 · 2023
- Used by
- Courses
- Amendments
No state or local amendment to this rule is on file. Not on file means the model code as written — check your jurisdiction.
A model code the authority having jurisdiction adopts.
Wire is pulled through conduit, and every bend adds to the pull. So the code caps the bends between two places a wire can be pulled from: 360° in total, four quarter bends, and past that the run needs a pull point, a box or a conduit body, in the middle.
On a bid it is the fittings a plan never shows. The floor plan draws a run as a line; the electrician bends it around beams, ducts and the corner, and a long run with several offsets carries a pull box or two the drawings do not.
What the app does with it
The electrical course teaches it on a card (Chapter 9, What the manual rows mean), and check-lesson-rules holds the card's numbers to this rule. Bid Check carries it as a manual row you tick once you have looked. The app does not count bends.
Verify against your edition
358.26 counts the bends between pull points, such as conduit bodies and boxes: the equal of four quarter bends, 360° in total. The same limit is written into each raceway's article (rigid, IMC, PVC and the rest); this rule is the EMT one the card cites. Local amendments still govern.
Settled 2026-09-27 by Claude on the owner's delegation, from the dossier's research and the model code text; not checked against a printed book or a local amendment.
Cited by section, not reprinted: the code text belongs to its publisher. Company practice is not a rule here — it lives with your pricing.