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Horrible cable to use

Thats not what our friendly neighbourhood watch policeman tells us.

[/url] To be honest I personally think its ok too, apart from the fact that I suspect it is non compliant. That is until a casual comment of 'it trips if I have any lights on when I'm ironing' revealed this: I have changed a few 2A sockets to 5A where money grabbing...

iron with 2A plug

Don't forget to refit the insulator part way down the cord.

Ah it all depends on the spec supplied to the panel builder, I don't like building panels without wire markers so added them when I built a panel where they were not shown on the drawing. I learnt the hard way as it took 2 days to remove them. Now I double check.

Indeed many resin joints are directly buried in the ground. I raised the point because all the kits I have used, in the distant past, have never included a "gland" for the armour.

Yes Yes Yes Surely an armoured cable is just another cable. If a twin & earth doesn't need a brass gland then should steel wired armour need one? That is on the assumption the strength of the armour is required elsewhere and not at the point of entry into an...

the only way to do it is to put about 3-4 strands into each piece of sleeving otherwise its far too stiff and unmanageable.

Hi I have come across this site a number of times while Googling and usually have a look around while here. This thread has prompted me to join and stick in my h'pence. As an apprentice one of the techniques we were taught when wiring into an insulated fitting was to sleeve the...