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Hi,
I'm doing some work on my flat (in Germany) and have a novice electrical question. My intention, while I have the ceilings down, is to put in a suitable cable from the CU to a room at the far end of the building, which I may in the future want to make into an ensuite, and put an electric shower in.
The run will be about 20m. Obviously since I don't yet have a spec for a shower, I can't really do an accurate cable calculation, but it was my intention to put 10mm cable in, and if and when we come to have a shower fitted, to use an lower powered shower and appropriate MCB.
However, I'm finding it hard to get hold of 10mm twin and earth cable out here. What I can find, in all the builders merchants, is NYM-J 5x6mm. The question is, can I stick that in instead of 10mm? To my untrained brain it stands to reason that 5x6 will give a cable size of 12mm - is there anything I'm missing?
Cheers,
Davey
I'm doing some work on my flat (in Germany) and have a novice electrical question. My intention, while I have the ceilings down, is to put in a suitable cable from the CU to a room at the far end of the building, which I may in the future want to make into an ensuite, and put an electric shower in.
The run will be about 20m. Obviously since I don't yet have a spec for a shower, I can't really do an accurate cable calculation, but it was my intention to put 10mm cable in, and if and when we come to have a shower fitted, to use an lower powered shower and appropriate MCB.
However, I'm finding it hard to get hold of 10mm twin and earth cable out here. What I can find, in all the builders merchants, is NYM-J 5x6mm. The question is, can I stick that in instead of 10mm? To my untrained brain it stands to reason that 5x6 will give a cable size of 12mm - is there anything I'm missing?
Cheers,
Davey