Thomas & Betts 5355SST6 1 1/4 90 DEG 316 SS LT FITTING

The 5355SST6 is a 1-1/4 inch fitting, so it terminates 1-1/4 inch liquidtight flexible metal conduit into a 1-1/4 inch knockout or threaded hub. It will not adapt trade sizes, so match the conduit and the enclosure opening to 1-1/4 inch before ordering.

Body is 316 stainless steel with a Duraplated ground cone. That is the grade specified for washdown areas, food and beverage plants, coastal and marine exposure, and wastewater, where 304 stainless or plated steel pits out. If your environment is dry indoor MRO work, a plated steel liquidtight fitting does the same mechanical job.

No. The 5355SST6 has a Duraplated ground cone built into the fitting, which bonds the conduit armor to the fitting body as the gland is tightened. You still run your equipment grounding conductor per the circuit design, but no add-on ground cone is required to make up the fitting.

Use the 90 like the 5355SST6 when the enclosure or motor terminal box sits close to a wall, tray, or machine frame and a straight connector would force a wide sweep of conduit you do not have room for. A straight fitting is the better choice where you have clearance, because it lets the flex itself take the bend and keeps the whip easier to remove for service. Both make the same sealed, grounded termination.

It is built for flexible metallic conduit, specifically liquidtight flexible metal conduit, where the ground cone bites the metal core. On non-metallic liquidtight there is no metal core for the cone to bond to, so specify an LFNC-rated connector instead.

Order Thomas & Betts 5355SST6. That is the manufacturer part number for the 1-1/4 inch, 90 degree, 316 stainless liquidtight connector, and it is a single catalog item with no finish or option choices to specify.

Finish is bare metallic stainless, not painted or plated color, so it reads the same as 316 stainless boxes, struts, and trays on the same run. There is no alternate finish offered for this model.