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ClogChopper®

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Revolutionize Drain Cleaning

Rip through tough stoppages with the unique ClogChopper multi-function cutting tools. Six self-sharpening blades dig into encrusted debris and root masses, easily grinding up stoppages, scale, and crystallized urine, without risking pipe damage.

The spherical design maneuvers around tight bends and traps, thoroughly and safely cleaning metal, plastic, and clay pipes. As it spins it also self-sharpens as it scrapes along the pipe walls. It’s excellent for clearing stacks, downspouts, mains, as well as for drain lining jobs.

General offers a variety of sizes, and connector options, including for our drum type cables and sectional G connectors, as well as for Ridgid® and Electric Eel® connectors.

Features

General’s ClogChoppers are:

  • Verstile. General offers ClogChopper connectors for most popular brands of drain cleaning machines
  • Maneuverable. The perfectly balanced ClogChopper automatically negotiates multiple, tricky bends – maintaining a central line position and minimizing pipe wall, elbow, connection and joint damage.
  • Efficient. With “all surface” cutting edges, ClogChopper clears clogs and scrapes encrusted debris from inner walls – all in one operation, into and out. The six inverted cutting edges run smoothly, without rattling or jumping.
  • Economical. Durable enough to handle years of demanding use in residential and commercial applications, ClogChopper actually self-sharpens while working.
BOLD indicates best-selling units.
Catalog # Nominal Size Actual Size For Pipe Size For Cable Size Brand
1CG 1″ 7/8″ 1-1/4″ – 2″ 5/16″ and 3/8″ Cables General®
1-1/2CG 1-1/2″ 1-3/16″ 1-1/2″ – 3″ 3/8″, 1/2″, and 9/16″ Cables General®
2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1/2″, 9/16″, 5/8″, and 3/4″ Cables General®
2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 5/8″ and 3/4″ Cables General®
3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 5/8″ and 3/4″ Cables General®
4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 5/8″ and 3/4″ Cables General®
G-2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
G-2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
G-3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
G-4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
R-1CG 1″ 7/8″ 1-1/4″ – 2″ 5/8″ Sections with R-Connector (7.5R8) Ridgid®
R-1-1/2CG 1-1/2″ 1-3/16″ 1-1/2″ – 3″ 5/8″ Sections with R-Connector (7.5R8) Ridgid®
R-2CG-10 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 7/8″ Sections with R-Connector (15R10) Ridgid®
R-2-1/2CG-10 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 7/8″ Sections with R-Connector (15R10) Ridgid®
R-3CG-10 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 7/8″ Sections with R-Connector (15R10) Ridgid®
R-2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
R-2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
R-3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
R-4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
L-2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
L-2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
L-3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
L-4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
BOLD indicates best-selling units.
Catalog # Nominal Size Actual Size For Pipe Size For Cable Size Brand
1CG 1″ 7/8″ 1-1/4″ – 2″ 5/16″ and 3/8″ Cables General®
1-1/2CG 1-1/2″ 1-3/16″ 1-1/2″ – 3″ 3/8″, 1/2″, and 9/16″ Cables General®
2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1/2″, 9/16″, 5/8″, and 3/4″ Cables General®
2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 5/8″ and 3/4″ Cables General®
3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 5/8″ and 3/4″ Cables General®
4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 5/8″ and 3/4″ Cables General®
G-2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
G-2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
G-3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
G-4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 1-1/4″ Sections with G-Connector General®
R-1CG 1″ 7/8″ 1-1/4″ – 2″ 5/8″ Sections with R-Connector (7.5R8) Ridgid®
R-1-1/2CG 1-1/2″ 1-3/16″ 1-1/2″ – 3″ 5/8″ Sections with R-Connector (7.5R8) Ridgid®
R-2CG-10 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 7/8″ Sections with R-Connector (15R10) Ridgid®
R-2-1/2CG-10 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 7/8″ Sections with R-Connector (15R10) Ridgid®
R-3CG-10 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 7/8″ Sections with R-Connector (15R10) Ridgid®
R-2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
R-2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
R-3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
R-4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 1-1/4″ Sections with R-Connector (15R11 or 15R14) Ridgid®
L-2CG 2″ 1-9/16″ 2″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
L-2-1/2CG 2-1/2″ 2″ 3″ – 4″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
L-3CG 3″ 3″ 4″ – 6″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®
L-4CG 4″ 3-9/16″ 6″ – 10″ 1-1/4″ Sections with L-Connector Electric Eel®

Success Stories

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Sylvan Tieger - Drain Cleaning Professional

There’s nothing like it.

“There’s nothing like it. It’s fantastic for clearing scale from inside lines. It flies around pipe bends!” That’s Sylvan Tieger on revolutionary ClogChopper® cutting tool from General Pipe Cleaners. “A registered master plumber like me can find lots of work in a city of eight million,” Tieger smiles. “My mechanic sometimes wonders why I put so little…

“There’s nothing like it. It’s fantastic for clearing scale from inside lines. It flies around pipe bends!” That’s Sylvan Tieger on revolutionary ClogChopper® cutting tool from General Pipe Cleaners. “A registered master plumber like me can find lots of work in a city of eight million,” Tieger smiles. “My mechanic sometimes wonders why I put so little mileage on my truck; most of the time, I just travel a couple miles to jobs!” Much of that work is new construction. “That’s where ClogChopper really shines,” he says.

S Tieger Plumbing Co.

New York, NY
  • Drain Cleaning
Flexicore

As easy as 1, 2, 3

I was hanging out in the General Pipe Cleaner’s booth at the WWETT show in Indianapolis talking to customers when I met Michael Jackson. No... not the Michael Jackson of moonwalk fame; the plumber from Indianapolis! He might not have sold as many gold records as his namesake, but after talking to him for 15…

I was hanging out in the General Pipe Cleaner’s booth at the WWETT show in Indianapolis talking to customers when I met Michael Jackson. No… not the Michael Jackson of moonwalk fame; the plumber from Indianapolis! He might not have sold as many gold records as his namesake, but after talking to him for 15 minutes I was convinced that he had talents that would make his peers green with envy.

Modern Plumbing

Indianapolis, IN
  • Drain Cleaning
Jeff Wall General Pipe Cleaner MiniRooter XP

My dad always used it. And I swear by it!

General Wire Spring founder Abe Silverman first coiled spring wire tightly around a wire rope core in the 1940s. Since then, generations of plumbing and drain cleaning professionals swear by the “Flexicore advantage” – matchless cable strength, kinking resistance, and flexibility.
General Wire Spring founder Abe Silverman first coiled spring wire tightly around a wire rope core in the 1940s. Since then, generations of plumbing and drain cleaning professionals swear by the “Flexicore advantage” – matchless cable strength, kinking resistance, and flexibility.

Wall Septic & Drain Cleaning

Massachusetts
  • Drain Cleaning

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