at work today i noticed some offcuts of cable in a corner under the checkout. I picked them up and it was 3-core "flex" but it had solid conductors. The outer sheath fitted loosely and it had a metal foil inside the sheath. It looks like 2.5mm² conductor size. I looked around and it is what has been used to bring power from the UPS (15min backup) to the tills. Total about 35 metres.
I have looked on the net and the only thing i can find that closely matches it is firetuf. But why has this been used for this purpose? i thought it was used for fire alarms etc. Or is this another one of those commercial jobs where the spark chooses the most expensive he can find because they can afford it?
Also spotted an old alarm wiring centre with about 15 runs of old pyro cable (copper sheathed stuff) coming from it, there must be hundreds of metres of the stuff in the building, none of it used anymore. could this be worth some money? (place was built in the 60's, think this stuff is original but i heard it could last forever)
is firetuf actually replacing pyro nowadays? The newer alarm system in this shop seems to be wired in a more flexible material to the pyro i have seen, i presume this is firetuf. firetuf seems a poorer quality choice IMO - the lazy choice for the electrician??
I have looked on the net and the only thing i can find that closely matches it is firetuf. But why has this been used for this purpose? i thought it was used for fire alarms etc. Or is this another one of those commercial jobs where the spark chooses the most expensive he can find because they can afford it?
Also spotted an old alarm wiring centre with about 15 runs of old pyro cable (copper sheathed stuff) coming from it, there must be hundreds of metres of the stuff in the building, none of it used anymore. could this be worth some money? (place was built in the 60's, think this stuff is original but i heard it could last forever)
is firetuf actually replacing pyro nowadays? The newer alarm system in this shop seems to be wired in a more flexible material to the pyro i have seen, i presume this is firetuf. firetuf seems a poorer quality choice IMO - the lazy choice for the electrician??