[QUOTE="ironsidebod, post: 3912692, member: 116778]
I have a need to properly enclose come control cables (low voltage) correctly.
Do you mean low voltage? Mains, 240 volts, is low voltage.
Nothing pedantry. Use of the wrong terms concerning voltage can be very dangerous, lethal even.
For your information, as you, and it looks like others, clearly don't know, 24v AC and 12v DC are both extra low voltage.
On the other hand if you did know and made a mistake an apology would be in order rather than accusations of pedantry.
You did it intentionally to provoke - then well done.FWIW I was going to write ELV but thought better of it as I thought the pedantry police would be along and sure enough...whaddya know.
You could have simply written 24V and then no one, not even DIYers, would be unsure.
Because of this sloppiness, confusion abounds as your quote from TLC confirms.
You did it intentionally to provoke - then well done.
No - I honestly don't think that it would have been picked at if you had said "ELV".It'd have been picked at whichever term I used
This particular one is awkward.As for the confusion, it makes my point entirely. If there is confusion over the terms, strict pedantry is just that.
The UK is a full member of the IEC - the definition of LV is fully defined.No universally agreed term means there is no absolute.
That was what I inferred from your post - apologies for being mistaken.Not deliberate at all.
Just state the actual voltage.What is one to do when you can't do right for wrong? It'd have been picked at whichever term I used so I chose to go with the less definitive in the hope that common sense would prevail. Clearly I was wrong.
It's not pedantry to correct a mistake to prevent its perpetuation.As for the confusion, it makes my point entirely. If there is confusion over the terms, strict pedantry is just that. No universally agreed term means there is no absolute.
Probably not, but would that have mattered?Had you used ELV, I doubt anyone would have assumed 24V.
One ought to consider how significant the mistake is, and how important it is to try and prevent that.It's not pedantry to correct a mistake to prevent its perpetuation.
I was probably right, then.Probably not,
Perhaps not safety-wise - but, anyway, it is shorter to write 24V.but would that have mattered?
What such mistakes are so insignificant that they would not be corrected by you?One ought to consider how significant the mistake is, and how important it is to try and prevent that.
What like this one?Ironside - this advice is flawed. You should use ducting and chambers meant for electrical cables, so that nobody ever mistakes them for drainage.
No, it includes 0 to 1 000V.The term "low voltage" includes 50 to 1,000V
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