Restoration of Hull 731- Carrier, MG (Aust) Mortar Carrying

[Darrin Wright]

Today I spent some time (about 5 hr) working on the electrical conduit with the oxy and sorting conduit that I had collected previously from different BGC.
All the elbows, joiners, T pieces were heated and separated, what was damaged was replaced with other items.
I managed to create and layout the complete system on the workshop floor to ensure I had everything.
This will be sandblasted during the week depending on the weather. I stopped working today as it was 39 deg C on the veranda. They are predicting 39 to 41 deg C during the week, so not much work will get done during the middle of the day (by me anyway).

Some things I learned today about electrical conduit in BGC:
it was painted gloss black and installed into the hull where it was painted khaki green
fittings were made by T&S (not sure who/what this company is/was)
all the different manufacturers assembled the electrical conduit differently utilising different fittings
photograph it before pulling it apart & you can never take enough pictures