Why on earth do you think you would need that?issues with fire protection and drafts. But maybe the use of expanding foam or gaskets would help?
I very much doubt that it would. Insulation requirements, connection principles and much else for LV installations are vastly different to auto.I have got some transferable skills from automotive wiring that I'm sure will come in handy.
What would be the normal routing of cabling in this instance? Run it through the insulation without conduit and derate accordingly?
The conduit that would be terminated in an enclosed metal box that has a socket fitted on the front.If you've got a piece of tube coming from the open, drafty floor cavity, surely there is a chance the draft would run up the conduit?!
Same goes for fire/smoke/hot gases?!
Putting it in conduit does not mean it does not need derating.Run it through the insulation without conduit and derate accordingly?
There isn't one, now that the OP has actually explained what they intend to do.I really don't see what the big issue is here.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who originally thought, from what you were telling us, that you were planning a much more extensive conduit installation than that, with longer runs, 90° bends/elbows etc.I fear we're all over complicating the conduit here. As I mentioned before, there is no complex runs of conduit.
One of my examples specified a cable run up from under the first floor cavity.
This would include:
Joist height - 225mm (with 150mm insulation)
subfloor thickness - 25mm
sole plate thickness - 38mm
minimum socket height - 450mm
So, a potential conduit/trunking length of 738mm (no bends, no elbows, no sets or double sets... just a straight run up to a backbox, through the various components)
Here's an example of what I mean...
Yes, but....Essentially, my question is, "Can I run cable through conduit, through insulation?"
It will need to be de-rated even if you do use conduit, as the conduit will be surrounded by insulation. And in your first post you told us that the walls had insulation in them as well, so that's run of 700+mm through it.This is merely a proposal, hence the enquiry.
What would be the normal routing of cabling in this instance? Run it through the insulation without conduit and derate accordingly?
10mm² surely?I hope you are not suggesting that the ring final needs to be 6mm² BAS.
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