A hickey has two meanings. The conduit hickey is a hand bender with a compact head and long handle used on rigid and IMC to make small bends, kicks and offsets in tight spots, working the pipe a little at a time along its length instead of around a fixed shoe. The fixture hickey is a small threaded fitting that joins a fixture stud in a ceiling box to the stem or chain of a hanging light, with a side opening for the wires.
No room for the bender in there, grab the hickey and walk a little kick into that rigid by hand.
Also heard as
- conduit hickey
- fixture hickey
- rigid hickey
Related terms
Rigid
Heavy-wall threaded steel conduit, the toughest raceway on site, used for services, exposed runs and hazardous areas.
Kicker
Single shallow bend that angles conduit off its line, for example to bring it out from a wall into equipment.
Offset
Two equal bends in opposite directions that shift a conduit run sideways to clear an obstruction or enter a box.