Safe zone for lighting

[rsgaz]

1.5mm cable, 1.0mm is OK

[me being as pedantic and unhelpful]
What are those measurements you state? The diameter? The circumference? Because they cannot be cross sectional area, can they?
[/pedantic]

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Indeed - but, as I've said, I would personally not regard that 'safe zone' on the reverse side of the wall as being a 'safe' place to install cables...

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."

 

[winston1]

[me being as pedantic and unhelpful]
What are those measurements you state? The diameter? The circumference? Because they cannot be cross sectional area, can they?
[/pedantic]

Cable sizes are expressed as the cross-sectional area of the conductors in square mm.

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

Cable sizes are expressed as the cross-sectional area of the conductors in square mm.

(Edited to make clear who said what...)

But you used a linear measurement which is totally inappropriate.

 

[JohnW2]

But you used a linear measurement which is totally inappropriate.

Nothing wrong with using a linear measurements - provided that he is referring to diameter, radius or circumference of the conductors (although he really should state which!)

Kind Regards, John

 

[winston1]

But you used a linear measurement which is totally inappropriate.

As did the OP. I knew what he meant and responded appropriately.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Cable sizes are expressed as the cross-sectional area of the conductors in square mm.

But you used a linear measurement which is totally inappropriate.

Where did I?

 

[JohnW2]

As did the OP. I knew what he meant and responded appropriately.

... so is it your view that it's acceptable to use incorrect terminology so long as the person one is talking to 'knows what is meant'?

Kind Regards, John

 

[JohnW2]

As for "Where did I?" clicking the arrow next to the name of an author of a quote will answer that one.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Detlef quoted me and replied "But you used a linear measurement which is totally inappropriate."

 

[JohnW2]

I think Detlef's quoting somehow went wrong, and that he thought he was replying to Winston (who was the first one to include the quote in question, in the post immediately before Detlef's) - although it's a bit difficult to see how one could manage that!

 

[rsgaz]

As did the OP. I knew what he meant

So, from now on, if someone writes "arial"/"ariel" instead of aerial, you will, I assume, just let it go, because you know exactly what they meant anyway?

 

[sparkwright]

God.

Anyway, before this thread is closed, I don't ever recall the position of a door being relevent to cable zones, unless I'm wrong.

To the op, unless it's already been mentioned, one solution may be to run the cable in earthed metal conduit.

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

Yes, sorry guys, I tried to quote Winston's message, and the result was an empty quote, so I tried to build it myself, but wasn't thinking too clearly.
(I've edited the original now)

To answer sparkwright, I think that the quote from BAS: "Where the location of the accessory, point or switchgear can be determined from the reverse side,..." implies that you would need a doorway to determine that.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I don't ever recall the position of a door being relevent to cable zones.

It's one way of being able to determine the position of a cable on the other side of the wall.