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Plumbing.Let us imagine Americans suddenly found themselves without the water distribution infrastructure in our homes, offices and city sewage systems.For one week, imagine that Baghdad switched their plumbing with ours: I believe within 48 hours, the US would erupt in riots as society ground to a halt simply because of four water-specific issues:Lack of exact temperature control for showersSporadic loss or reduction of water pressureRationing of daily water usePoor sewage treatment affecting water color, odor and particulate contentParadise in Baghdad.For the Iraqi citizen, access to US-standard plumbing would be magical:Gone are communal wells and spigots where 'potable' drinking water is rationed into 5-liter containersNo traveling miles from one's home 3 times a week to collect waterAnd rain or snowfall cease to bring human waste to their doorstep as sewers overflow.Just the concept of a hot shower, rather than a tub where kettles provide the warm water, would shock the Iraqi family. Remember, the entire family shares a single tub and the water to bathe normally. The privacy alone a shower provides is a luxury unknown to billions of humans.Hell on Tap, USA.Brown waterNo flushing toiletsDrinking water that smells like a swampTurning the tap may or may not deliver water or the desired temperatureRationing.Surviving 48 hours would be optimistic.Think about it... And learn more about our water:Tap WaterMinistry of Water Resources, IraqHow do the sewage systems in the US and European countries function?War for Water

Yes, this a called a “chase”. Don’t use plumbing pipe, though. Use proper non-metallic electrical conduit. The elbows are much more amenable to pulling wires through.Here’s a 90 degree plumbing elbow:And the same 90 degree sweep in non-metallic electrical conduit:If you try to run a fish tape through the first one, you’ll be… unhappy.Also, again to make pulling wires easier, there are special “pull elbows” which don’t exist in the plumbing world but have removeable covers to make it easier to pull wires through 90 degree bends:One other thing, you cannot combine extra-low-voltage (e.g. network) cables and line-voltage (e.g. 110/220 volt) cables in the same chase.