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Today, the Condulet™ seems like a pretty simple concept. It’s hard to imagine that it was a radical idea when first proposed over a 100 years ago. The engineers at Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds saw the promise and dedicated themselves to perfecting the Condulet™ and a variety of other industrial fittings.
Over the past 100 years, Eaton Crouse-Hinds has continually found ways to improve on the functionality, flexibility and durability – building a Condulet™ family of innovative firsts that delivers safer, more convenient and more practical solutions. The simple idea of Condulet™helped change our industry.
In 1906, electricity was in its infancy as a power source in industrial facilities. Contractors used existing natural gas pipes to run electrical wiring into factories, requiring them to cut off the corners of the pipes so the wiring could be pulled. This method left conductors exposed in the corners – damage was frequent and replacement costly. Some contractors used junction boxes for the corners and where multiple runs originated, but this was unsightly and not always practical.
An upstate New York contractor, Morton Havens, Jr., designed and built prototype conduit fittings that met both his own high standards and those of the U.S. Patent Office. As a contractor, Mr. Havens had little interest in manufacturing his product. Fortunately, he had a strong business relationship with the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company, a 10-year-old joint venture of Huntington B. Crouse and Jesse L. Hinds, that was housed in a small, downtown building in Syracuse, New York.
Crouse-Hinds was confident that Havens’ new conduit fitting could revolutionize the market and over the next several months, the company developed the Crouse-Hinds series Condulet™.
By the 1920s, Crouse-Hinds Condulet™ fittings were widely used in industrial applications, such as the petrochemical processing, manufacturing and energy markets.
Crouse-Hinds continued to improve upon the Condulet™ design and eventually introduced the most comprehensive line of conduit fittings for Hazardous and ordinary locations.
Throughout history, the high quality that customers expect is embodied in Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds series Condulet™, and its legacy will continue to power the world.
From early automobile manufacturers to neighborhood garages, Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds Condulet™ solutions helped build the country and a better world. View the pictorial history of Crouse-Hinds series Condulet™ bodies installed in various facilities throughout the 1900’s until today.
