I realise this question has been asked before, and looking at these posts I am beginning to realise that what I thought was 10mm, might actually be 16mm T &E. Is there any way to be definite ?
We're basically putting in a new kitchen, however the existing cooker cable (on a 45A fuse) is very chunky - I think it is was put in in the 70's and is the old colours. The total width of the cable is about 20mm x 10mm and according to the TLC site that is the size of their 16mm.
The existing T &E cable I have has got 7 strands in each wire, each at least well over 1.5mm in diameter(probably 1.7) - and if I add up the cross sectional area of each x 7 I do get 16mm2...... Is this a bit of a no-brainer - can I take this to be 16mm ? Is there anything else I should consider ?
Thanks
Steve
We're basically putting in a new kitchen, however the existing cooker cable (on a 45A fuse) is very chunky - I think it is was put in in the 70's and is the old colours. The total width of the cable is about 20mm x 10mm and according to the TLC site that is the size of their 16mm.
The existing T &E cable I have has got 7 strands in each wire, each at least well over 1.5mm in diameter(probably 1.7) - and if I add up the cross sectional area of each x 7 I do get 16mm2...... Is this a bit of a no-brainer - can I take this to be 16mm ? Is there anything else I should consider ?
Thanks
Steve