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Flat twin + earth and 3 core + earth cables

Twin and Earth (T+E)

This has 2 core carrying the load and an earth. this is NOT 3 core

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Judging what cable size you have:

CSA Overall Dimensions
1mm² 7.8mm x 4.25mm
1.5mm² 8.2mm x 5mm
2.5mm² 10.3mm x 6mm
4mm² 11.9mm x 6.25mm
6mm² 13.5mm x 7mm
10mm² 17.1mm x 10mm
16mm² 19.4mm x 10mm

3 Core and Earth (3C+E)

This has 3 cores for carrying the load and an earth. mostly used in 2 way lighting circuits and interlinking smoke alarms. 3 core is also often used to power a fan, i.e permanent live, switched live and neutral.

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electrics/cable_types/flatpvccables.txt · Last modified: 2007/09/12 09:18 (external edit)
 
 
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