2.5mm twin/earth red/black ebay

[Terry7556]

on ebay under "twin and earth" a shop in yorkshire is selling 100metre rolls of 2.5mm twin/earth with red/black conductors for £150 a roll.he says he has 10 rolls of which 4 are sold
is he really getting this sort of money for them?or is it just BS
if i knew how to put the listing on here i would but my computer skills are lacking

 

[EFLImpudence]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-Colou...deo_TelevisionSetTopBoxes&hash=item336904c18d

Maybe he thinks it has a rarity value.

On the other hand there a a lot of idiots around who will buy anything.

 

[Terry7556]

well i hope so. i have 4 rolls of it i have put on, 3 at 1.5mm and 1 at 2.5mm.i never thought anything like that would happen but i have over 20 odd watchers so who knows.im not holding my breath

 

[AndyPRK]

4 are really sold

 

[bhm1712]

its worth it for someone considering doing an illegal bit of diy, they can get around LABC etc etc..... not condoning it, but if i was short of cash, knew what i was doing with electricals and i wanted to pull in a new cable to a socket, it would be worth considering...

 

[JohnW2]

its worth it for someone considering doing an illegal bit of diy, they can get around LABC etc etc..... not condoning it, but if i was short of cash, knew what i was doing with electricals and i wanted to pull in a new cable to a socket, it would be worth considering...

The market presumably exists because some people think like that but, at about £100 over the going rate for a drum of 2.5mm², they would be on the way to being able to afford to do it legally! I'm surprised that there's not (for the same reason) similarly a market for brown/blue cable embossed with a 2004 manufacturing date - that may well come, once the stockpiles of red/black have all been exhausted! It certainly is most unlikley to be financially worthwhile to do a complete 'illegal re-wire' using red/black cable at e-Bay prices.

Kind Regards, John.

 

[bhm1712]

how much does LABC notification cost?

 

[JohnW2]

how much does LABC notification cost?

In my area, seemingly £285.96 for re-wires and £153.19 for 'other electrical work' in my area - but it varies and can, I believe, be as high as £400 in some places.

Kind Regards, John.

 

[Paul_C]

as high as £400 in some places.

This is the highest I've seen so far - £408.52 in North Somerset:

http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A5E4588C-CC32-401F-9213-69ECDE1FCEC3/0/Jan2011fees.pdf

 

[17thman]

these are a lot cheaper

http://www.patlabelsonline.co.uk/tw.../caution-wiring-colour-labels-caut288-127.htm

 

[NewOrder]

Of course I suspect it is perfectly legal to sell this stuff, but just not legal to install for mains wiring.

 

[Paul_C]

Of course I suspect it is perfectly legal to sell this stuff, but just not legal to install for mains wiring.

Nothing illegal about installing it.

 

[Gees]

its worth it for someone considering doing an illegal bit of diy, they can get around LABC etc etc..... not condoning it, but if i was short of cash, knew what i was doing with electricals and i wanted to pull in a new cable to a socket, it would be worth considering...

Didn't the new harmonized colours come into use BEFORE the part P regs??

 

[NewOrder]

Of course I suspect it is perfectly legal to sell this stuff, but just not legal to install for mains wiring.

Nothing illegal about installing it.

I thought from 2005 it had to be blue and brown?

 

[flameport]

Didn't the new harmonized colours come into use BEFORE the part P regs??

New colours available from April 2004
Part P January 2005
New colours mandatory from April 2006 - assuming you want to comply with BS7671.
With regards to notifiable work, old cable colours are meaningless.