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    Armoured cable depth

    I got called to look at a job for a landscape company, one of the chaps who works there is a mate who recommended me. It would be a good contact to get some regular work especially as they dont have a regular spark. The customer wanted to have an external socket to run a water feature. The...
  2. D

    armoured cable

    Hi I am installing a 22 amp water heater under the sink and cant get an internal cable back to the consumer unit so the only route is outside either under ground or clipped around the house my question is , is this within regs and what rating cable should be used, the distance is a Max 15meters...
  3. uksparks

    Armoured CAT5

    Hi, Does anyone know where I can buy armoured CAT5 by the meter without having to buy 100m min? I cant' seem to find anywhere. Thanks.
  4. Robertbaker63

    Running 35mm armoured overhead

    A farmer wants me to run a new supply to a building, it's to be run in 35mm armoured, part of the route is a 25m overhead span between buildings, is this okay for the cable or should I be getting an extra pole in the middle put in to take the weight
  5. E

    HELP: Exposed Un-Isolated Buried Armoured Cable Discoved in Garden

    Hi, I've just come across this forum so I hope someone can help me quickly on this. We recently moved into our new build home in April 2015 and have been here for 2 months roughly. I was mowing the rear lawn this evening and kept getting the mower stuck on something in the lawn. Not thinking...
  6. K

    armoured cabling karen

    Hi, i am using armoured cabling from fuse box in house to a workshop at end of garden. 40 meters away. a garage consumer fuse box unit will be used. This will supply wall plug sockets and lighting. Out door plug sockets will also be put outside the building to run a pond that is about 30 meters...
  7. sparksburnout

    Protecting armoured cable

    Yeah I know it's an odd title. Currently looking at a job where an SWA runs down a garden to a shed, but it is just laying on the ground and looks rubbish. I am guessing the last installer left it like that due to the difficulty in burying it, so at least you can see it........ The only run is...
  8. S

    Armoured Cabling - do I really need it?

    I have a cable running from a mains socket in my house, down the garden thru a white thick plastic tube. The cable on leaving the house runs down the wall and along a patio with no tube around it. It's a standard, tho thickish, cable. It runs into the shed, to a double socket that supplies a...
  9. S

    Tails or armoured?

    Hi guys, I have job on to install a consumer unit, the problem is I'm unsure weather to supply the consumer unit with meter tails or an armoured. the setup is the meters are outside on the garage wall and the consumer unit is on the other side of the garage fed in 10mm tails currently. The...
  10. K

    2.5mm Armoured cable supplying shed, on 13 amp FCU

    Hi all what would be the best option. A client has an existing armoured cable that is spurred of the living room socket via a 13a FCU, the armoured cable is then run to a shed, were they used to have a lights. Now as the shed was rotten then have taken it down to replace it. This time they would...
  11. W

    Armoured cable

    Hi guys , I would really appreciate some advice from you pros, not sure if this is posted in the right area ,sorry if it's not. basically I'm building a fairly big garden room /man cave at the bottom of my garden and I need to get power to it ,here's the deal , consumer unit is at the front of...
  12. J

    Length and size of armoured cable.

    Afternoon All. I am currently doing an electrical job for a customer, who has a build an external shed, at the back of their garden. i have currently installed 15 double sockets, 2 lighting points on 2 separate circuits. The distance from the consumer box to his shed is approx 30 metres...
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    FOR SALE: Armoured cable with Glands

    50 Meters of 4 core 6mm SWA Armored Underground cable with Industrial Grade SWA Gland Kit Left over from a Job Make me an offer? I'm in northern ireland would prefer collection but can post
  14. dksanders

    Armoured sub main?

    Hi All,I've just worked in a large, very old, house where the intake is in the garage, from the meter, tails go to a henley block then go through a 60A 30mA obsolete ELCB to a DP isolation switch that then feeds a twin & earth cable (looks like 16mm) which then runs 21m through the house to the...
  15. L

    Armoured cable

    Hi guys /girls can you run armoured cable straight into c/unit or does it have to go into Henley block and then run tails from that ?
  16. S

    connecting heaters using armoured cable

    Hello Gents, I need a little advice , I need to connect to oil filled heaters via fused spurs( flex outlets I have use SWA cables - to keep the radial intact is it best to connect the 2 swa into an adaptable box and connect in singles to FSU and back out second armoured feeding...
  17. S

    Connection of 2 convector heaters using armoured cable on a radial circuit

    Evening Gents, Im looking for some advice, I have to connect two convector heaters on a radial circuit - I will be connecting each outlet via fused spur flex outlet, I was going to use a 3x3 adaptable box to terminate the one armoured then connect in singles to fused spur...
  18. C

    Armoured cable into building below ground - how should hole have been ducted / sealed

    "Hello All", I am trying to find out some information to give to a Friend who is investigating the cause of Damp in his Home`s wall and has seen that his neighbours have Armoured cables entering their building through just a Hole / `Slot` in the Brickwork under ground level [Not visible at...
  19. T

    I need a compact armoured termination solution!

    Good evening Gentleman. I have had a small job in the pipeline for a while for a customer who is having stainless steel bollard lighting down either side of their drive way. Nipped up to check on the jobs progress to find the client couldn't find the correct size light fitting so he has...
  20. SolarCity

    DC through armoured cable

    Just wondering what other installers' thoughts are regarding DC and armoured cable. I have an install coming up where we have a fairly long cable run. I would tend to install the inverter at the array and run a long AC cable back to the CU. I know some people have actually run the DC cables...

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