Meanings
plural condulets
- A conduit fitting with a removable lid to allow access to the wires within.
She installed an L-shaped condulet when the conduit reached the ceiling to redirect the wires towards the far corner of the garage.
1 more example
The leads to the galvanometer are covered with a metal condulet and the galvanometer itself completely surrounded by an insulating box except for a small window.
1930, F. S. Brackett with E. D. McAlister, “The Automatic Recording of the Infrared at High Resolution”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 1, →DOI, page 193
Origin
Alteration of conduit + -let. Registered trademark by the Crouse-Hinds Company in 1906.
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