LB

abbreviationStandard termElectricians

L-shaped conduit body with its outlet on the back, used to turn a conduit run straight through a wall.

An LB is an L-shaped conduit body whose second hub exits the back, opposite the removable cover, so a run coming down an outside wall can turn 90 degrees into the building. Siblings follow the same code: held with the cover facing you and the inline hub pointing down, an LL turns left and an LR right, a T has three hubs and a C runs straight. Wire is pulled through the cover opening, splices are allowed only in bodies marked with a volume, and each one counts as a pull point for the 360-degree rule.

Heard on the job

Come down the outside wall into an LB, punch through the block, and you're right in the back of the panel.

Insider tip

Condulet (a Crouse-Hinds trademark) and Unilet (an Appleton one) both mean any conduit body, so ask for an LB by name.