25mm tails, Double Insulated, 19 cores!

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Finally a soloution to virtually rigid meter tails, increase the number of cores to 19!

Bumped into a meter fixer the other day and he gave me an off-cut, very impressed!

Anyone else come across this before, what did concern me was it had 'Kablo' stamped on the side and the outer insulation seemed rough. I understand Kablo is Turkish for 'Crap Cable'?
 
I'm using the 19 core stuff on a contract now, the only problem is its awkward to strip because the sheath is a brittle plastic.
 
Where can you get the crimps on the end of the tails that you can see in this image by the way? I am guesing here, but simply cutting and fixing the tails in without a crimp at the end isnt the best way of doing it?

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/RFLighting/IMGP1347.jpg

also, those crimps on the end of the neurals dont look as if they can hold enough current compared to the copper wiring? :shock:

Do you need to use a torque meter when screwing down the terminals on the RCD/MCBs/Neutral bar and can you overtighten them?
 
also, those crimps on the end of the neurals dont look as if they can hold enough current compared to the copper wiring? :shock:

They're only an inch long. It's not as if they're going to melt.

I was thinking more about cross sectional area than ength. Fuse wire is only short, but I wouldnt put a 3 amp fuse where a 13 amp is needed!
 
also, those crimps on the end of the neurals dont look as if they can hold enough current compared to the copper wiring? :shock:

They're only an inch long. It's not as if they're going to melt.

I was thinking more about cross sectional area than ength. Fuse wire is only short, but I wouldnt put a 3 amp fuse where a 13 amp is needed!

My point is that it's not going to build up enough heat, and it's so short as to not be a weak link. The insulation will be rated for much higher operating temps than PVC cable.
 

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