Champion Fiberglass: We Do More For Utilities

When electrical engineers and contractors require elbows for construction projects, they often turn to fiberglass conduit elbows. Lightweight, durable fiberglass conduit offers many project benefits for applications like data centers and utilities because they require a large quantity and varying sizes. Additionally, Champion Fiberglass offers 30+ years of project experience and a seasoned team of professionals that work diligently to deliver creative solutions for customers.

The Applications

Electrical conduit elbows are commonly used in data centers and utilities.

Data Centers – Data center projects are growing at a rapid pace. Project challenges in this application include:

  • Conduit repairs due to burn-through
  • Wire replacement
  • Wire pulling
  • Product availability
  • Sluggish installation

Utilities - Electrical conduit, used to protect wire and cable from generating facilities through distribution to the end user, is a crucial piece of the power grid. There’s much talk of updating the grid, retrofitting, and burying transmission lines in certain parts of the country. Utility project challenges include:

  • Conduit repairs due to burn-through
  • Buried installation
  • Wire replacement
  • Wire pulling
  • Fault concerns

Fiberglass elbows enhance data center and utility projects with these benefits

No burn-through – The benefit of preventing burn-through is that fiberglass conduit helps eliminate expensive repairs.

Low coefficient of friction – The benefit of a lower coefficient of friction is that it enables a faster, smoother pull with less labor time, cost and risk.

No conductivity - The benefit of no conductivity is that unlike galvanized rigid steel and PVC-coated steel, fiberglass conduit is an excellent insulator keeping installers safe from electrical injuries.

Cable fault resistant – The benefit of this is that it allows cables to easily be pulled through for replacement and repair.

Low materials cost - Fiberglass conduit offers lower materials cost than PVC and GRC type conduit. These savings help project managers stay within budget.

 

Choose the right electrical conduit elbows for your data center or utility job by taking the next steps for project success.