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argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 1 day agoPipes are installed before the mortar (I think that’s the name), sometimes carving bricks. Wires pass inside flexible tubes (literally translated to conductors). This has the advantage that, if the tube is wide enough, we can pass more wires.
vithigar@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
“Conduit” is the word for those tubes for wires. Probably a shared etymology with “conductor” though.
Having the pipes in the mortar/bricks sounds like a maintenance nightmare.
argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Ah, so it’s the same name in Portuguese. Conduítes.