condulet

English
Line drawings of five condulets, each of which is a small rectangular box with at least one round tube protruding from at least one side.
An assortment of condulets

Etymology

Alteration of conduit + -let. Registered trademark by the Crouse-Hinds Company in 1906.

Noun

condulet (plural condulets)

  1. 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.
    • 1930, F. S. Brackett, E. D. McAlister, “The Automatic Recording of the Infrared at High Resolution”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 1, →DOI, page 193:
      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.

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