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Sorry this is a similar thread to //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=327713#327713 but slightly different. I'm similarly wiring up some SELV lighting in my kitchen and was trying to work out which cable to use.
They were supplied with 0.75mmsq twin flex, similar looking to speaker flex. It seems that from the other thread 0.75mmsq is fine providing the lengths are short enough to avoid large voltage drop. Thanks for that as the current carrying capacity in the regs only went down to 1mmsq and I was panicking a bit over it.
However, I wanted to pass the flex down the back of my kitchen cupboards or hidden in ducting inside the cupboards but The Electrician's Guide at TLC Direct states that "Flexible cables should not normally be used for fixed wiring, but if they are, they must be visible throughout their length." http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/4.2.3.htm Does this stop me running the cable as described above? I can't find anything in the regs about this.
Thanks
Sorry this is a similar thread to //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=327713#327713 but slightly different. I'm similarly wiring up some SELV lighting in my kitchen and was trying to work out which cable to use.
They were supplied with 0.75mmsq twin flex, similar looking to speaker flex. It seems that from the other thread 0.75mmsq is fine providing the lengths are short enough to avoid large voltage drop. Thanks for that as the current carrying capacity in the regs only went down to 1mmsq and I was panicking a bit over it.
However, I wanted to pass the flex down the back of my kitchen cupboards or hidden in ducting inside the cupboards but The Electrician's Guide at TLC Direct states that "Flexible cables should not normally be used for fixed wiring, but if they are, they must be visible throughout their length." http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/4.2.3.htm Does this stop me running the cable as described above? I can't find anything in the regs about this.
Thanks
