What do you think of this wire ?

[Norv]

Seen this advertised. Might get round a few RCD issues.

http://tpwcc.com/index.html

 

[breezer]

wont stop a sharp object, seems pointless

 

[Spark123]

Neither will an RCD

 

[Lectrician]

This is in the leatest NICEIC mag - Is that where you saw it? It looked like just an add, with no endorsment from the NIC.

I guess this is the direction our wiring will eventually go though......

 

[Norv]

Yeah saw it in the mag & on hmm, another forum

Never heard of it before

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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[Norv]

I did a search before posting aswell

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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[flameport]

Flexishield’s principal benefit is the ability for an electrical circuit to fail safe, operating a 32A Type B circuit breaker, in the event of the cable being penetrated by a nail.

The fault current this cable can carry is not sufficient to operate breakers above 32A or for C or D types. The foil shielding just burns away in the event of a fault.

 

[Pensdown]

Interesting. Can you point me to the source of your information?

 

[333rocky333]

http://tpwcc.com/flexishield.html

Says can withstand a fault current of up to 170 amp

 

[Pensdown]

The reason I asked is the web site states

Flexishield’s principal benefit is the ability for an electrical circuit to fail safe, operating a 32A Type B circuit breaker, in the event of the cable being penetrated by a nail.

I couldn't find where it said

The fault current this cable can carry is not sufficient to operate breakers above 32A or for C or D types. The foil shielding just burns away in the event of a fault.

I know that some of the BS8436 cables don't meet 522-06-06 but which ones?

Edit... Thanks for your edit Rocky, I'll have another look tomorrow

 

[333rocky333]

under features
http://tpwcc.com/features.html

Ease and speed of Installation
Up to 40% reduction in installation times can be seen when compared to traditional cabling systems.
Can withstand fault currents of up to 170A
Will operate a 32A Type B MCB and so will fail safe when penetrated by a nail or similar object.
Lightweight, up to 60% less weight

 

[Pensdown]

Dankuwel

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I know that some of the BS8436 cables don't meet 522-06-06 but which ones?

If someone has some handy cable calc s/w which can do this (too late right now for me to be @rsed to fiddle with Excel), they could work it out.

The shield is aluminium, and from 54D the k value is 85.

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