I'd like to make a EMT conduit run for some outlets. The area is a shed, just wood studs - no dry wall - so it's open & will remain that way. Ideally I'd like to run the conduit from metal box to metal box entering & exiting each metal box from the side middle knockouts. The issue I see is that if I mount the metal box flush to the stud or even if the boxes are slightly offset because the metal box is a new construction type box with a side bracket, there is either no clearance (when mounted flush) or not enough clearance with the side bracket to accommodate the conduit box connector. Obviously I can exit & enter the boxes from the top or bottom knockouts but would prefer to make a straight run from box to box.

Any tips??

 

​​​​​​​Surface mount the boxes.

 

I agree. Then use a strap on every stud it crosses.

The conduit cuts off the use of the bays... especially for hanging items.

In the last couple of sheds I wired using MC light.
It's an aluminum shell type BX with black, white and green wires inside.

 

Obviously surfacing mounting solves the issue or using MC light. However I prefer to set the boxes & outlets back so the surfaces were flush with the studs. Also I already made a run for lights & another receptacle using the EMT - like the cleaner, neater look.
So any other suggestions?
I thought of using the equivalent of small 2 x4 sister joists on the stud & basically mounting the top &/or bottoms of the boxes to them - creating enough space between the side of the metal box and the stud so I would have room for the EMT connectors. However if there is a simpler way would prefer it.

 

If you already made a run of the conduit for the receptacles.... post a picture.

When a conduit or pipe must be run inside the studs.... a coupler is used between each stud
It's not seen in a sheetrocked wall. It would look tacky in a shed.

 

As an addition to my last reply

Would it violate any code if I attached & tightened the EMT to its connector (using something like a compression connector per se i.e no screw) - drilled the hole in the stud feeding up to the electric box bigger so it would accommodate the extra width of the connector? This way I could flush mounted my electric box to the stud - feed the threaded end of the EMT connector through the middle knockout & tighten it as per usual with the nut inside the box.

 

You can use compression fittings..... either connectors or couplers.

 

So burying the compression fitting inside the stud as I described would be acceptable?

 

Yes.

You could also mount one box on the right side of the stud and the other on the left side of the stud.

 

Thanks sounds like what I will end up doing

If I were only placing two boxes I would do that but my plan was to place more than two so I need to enter & exit the boxes

 

You could also mount the boxes between the studs on a Caddy bracket and have room on both sides for the connectors.