Terminating Pyro Cable

[compynei]

Hi,

Recently had a new garage door installed, and they had to move the consumer unit for the garage, which then broke.

Got a new consumer unit, and its connected up, but during the process I broke the feed to it.

The feed is 3 core copper clad pyro cable. Previously went into a small junction box. I need this reterminating, and I'm getting a bit stuck. I think its a bit beyond my skillset, however I've had a quote for £80 and a quote for £100. Seems a bit high to stick a new gland on and terminate for me?

Any ideas guys?

 

[toasty]

Funnily enough, I recently bought myself some pyro wire (3L1.5) and the associated glands, tools etc....

I've taken on a 'small' project at home and needed to terminate both ends of a 5 metre length.

Even doing the work sat at a workbench, I reckon it took me best part of 3 hours to strip and terminate both ends.... !!

I appreciate that with practice, I could speed these times up considerably, but it is a specialist skill and so unless you are a real enthusiast, I would say leave it to the professionals, and with that in mind £100 seems reasonable to me.

The glands seem to only come in 10's and the tools will cost you best part of £100.

 

[SUNRAY]

Funnily enough, I recently bought myself some pyro wire (3L1.5) and the associated glands, tools etc....

I've taken on a 'small' project at home and needed to terminate both ends of a 5 metre length.

Even doing the work sat at a workbench, I reckon it took me best part of 3 hours to strip and terminate both ends.... !!

I appreciate that with practice, I could speed these times up considerably, but it is a specialist skill and so unless you are a real enthusiast, I would say leave it to the professionals, and with that in mind £100 seems reasonable to me.

The glands seem to only come in 10's and the tools will cost you best part of £100.

A comendable post, I quite believe your time of 3 hours to do your first couple of terminations, they take me about 10 -15 minutes each once all the bits are in the same place but I have probably only averaged only 4 a year over the last 40 years. A fire alarm installer recently terminated a panel, in the same room where I was working, and in a day did about 40 cables, including forming them and fixing to about 3-4m tray. Big up to him brilliant job, I reckon it would have taken me 3 days.

It may sound a lot but IMO thats worth paying to have done properly, it will not be much cheaper to do yourself if you buy [or even hire] the tools and will take a whole day if you include the time taken to obtain the bits.

 

[RF Lighting]

You'll also need an insulation tester to make sure the pot has been installed properly, and a low ohms continuity tester to polarise the cable.

It takes me about 10 - 15 mins to do a pyro end. Like everything, you get quicker the more you do.

OP, have a look at my guide to terminating pyro here:

//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:installation_techniques:micc