POTW - pointless trunking

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[333rocky333]

I think it looks better than cable ties or insulation tape
Whats POTW

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What about clipping the tails to the wall?

Or longer & wider trunking butted up to the bottom of the CU so that no cables are visible?

Or conduit?

Or a nice little shelf made out of laminated bog wood which will lower the noise floor?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Whats POTW

Picture of the week.

 

[Simon35]

What about clipping the tails to the wall?

Or longer & wider trunking butted up to the bottom of the CU so that no cables are visible?

Or conduit?

Or a nice little shelf made out of laminated bog wood which will lower the noise floor?

I'm not overly happy with the three singles going through one stuffing gland. Maybe it's got one of those special inserts.....or maybe not.

 

[John D v2.0]

I'd do away with the gland, use a grommet and use the trunking in a short length to provide the IP rating.
The tails would need support though, maybe trunking was simpler than clipping.

 

[JohnW2]

I'm not overly happy with the three singles going through one stuffing gland.

What's the alternative with a metal case? - they certainly all have to go through the same hole (or holes linked with a slot).

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What's the alternative with a metal case?

A grommet.

 

[JohnW2]

A grommet.

Yes, as has already been said byJohnD, a grommet would be an alternative to a compression gland - but I thought (perhaps wrongly) that Simon's concern was with all three of the conductors (two 'tails' plus an 'earth') going through the same 'something', not the nature of the something.

Kind Regards, John

 

[chivers67]

The gland looks like it could be one of these?

The trunking looks pretty rediclous without end caps but at least it would look better than just clipped to the wall. Could quite easily have entered bottom left (depending on Bus bar room) or top left and just have the trunking butt up to the board?

 

[mwatsonxx]

(or holes linked with a slot).

Whats that going to achieve?

 

[JohnW2]

Whats that going to achieve?

Do I really need to tell you?

Well, in case I do, it prevents the eddy currents which would heat up the casing if the two live tails went through totally separate holes in the ferromagnetic case.

Kind Regards, John

 

[John D v2.0]

Whats that going to achieve?

Let me Google that for you
http://www.theiet.org/forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=63881

 

[muffking]

I thought it was a section of square drain pipe for a moment, but on the right you can just make out where the cover clips onto the front.

 

[333rocky333]

Do I really need to tell you?

Well, in case I do, it prevents the eddy currents which would heat up the casing if the two live tails went through totally separate holes in the ferromagnetic case.

Kind Regards, John

Used to often see it on older installs