Cable size
- Thread starter didda
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no you would need to shave off 0.5mm. 
There is nothing wrong with using cables in parallel as long as the conditions in BS7671 are fulfilled.
Why do/would you want to?
You could there is nothing within the requirements that say you cannot. But why not use 4.0mm cable?
Out of interest, what are your calculation based on?
Have you taken the load and voltage drop calculation in to consideration?
Apples and Oranges ???
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SaladFingers
Bananas and kiwifruits, surely?
Yeah. Everyone says nothing rhymes with oranges but it doesn't.
Next time you are talking points with him tell him that if he wants to use 2 cables in parallel instead of 1 x 4mm² SWA his thinking should be 2 x 2.5mm² SWA.
What rhymes with nothing then? and what ever does (which it doesn't), what would rhyme with that, as nothing would
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