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  1. 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...
  2. A

    Armoured Cable to Shed

    It is safe to put a switched fused spur next to a socket in a utility room then drill through wall to outside in 2.5mm t&e in to a waterproof box and come out with 2.5mm 3core armoured cable up the side of house to a shed with a run of about 17M then in to a garage consumer unit in the shed? All...
  3. T

    Terminating an armoured onto a cee form plug....bad practice?

    Alreety chaps, got a quick one for you. How do you all feel about terminating armored cable onto a 32A ceeform plug? If i went to a job and saw this i would think it was abit odd/what cowboy had done it, HOWEVER. A client has had a bit of a man shed built in his back yard and it covers the...
  4. R

    Armoured Cat5

    Hi, I need about 25-30 metres of armoured cat5. Anyone got any recommendations on where to get it from at a reasonable price? Cheers.
  5. O

    Protecting armoured cable through a masonry wall

    Hi, i'm new to the forum so bare with me. I'm just wondering what the regs are regarding protecting armoured cable passing through a masonry wall. I've built a workshop/summerhouse at the bottom of my garden. I've run a 16mm 3 core armoured cable to it and done the necessary calcs regarding...
  6. D

    What size armoured cable

    Hi need advise on cable 25 meters run underground for additional consumer unit in garden outbuilding to acomodate 9Kw sauna heater 10kw water heater 3double sockets 6 down lights and 4 outside lights?Thanks in advance .
  7. Dean Williams

    aluminium armoured cable

    Hi While testing an office complex i've come across a 50mm 4 core aluminium armoured cable supplying the lift motor. Its glanded with a brass gland and the aluminium armour is used as the earth. firstly, i thought you had to use aluminium glands...am i wrong? secondly, can the aluminium armour...
  8. Dean Williams

    example of non armoured

    Hi all just browsing the regs for the current carrying capacity of 1.5mm XLPE and i came across a table for non-armoured thermosetting cable. what would be an example of this, is it some sort of SWA but without the armour?
  9. S

    Armoured Cable Termination.

    I recently came across an armoured cable on an ECR that was installed in earthed metal trunking from one dis board to another. Both ends of the armoured had not been glanded off and the SWA had been taped over. As it is enclosed in the tunking and both ends are in the distribution boards would...
  10. amlu

    rcd in a garage

    hello, got a garage job coming and a question to ask do i need a rcd in garage cu? garage feed (including earth) is coming from a separate breaker in house consumer unit, protected by rcd over there.
  11. B

    RCD protection to Hi Tuff

    Hi Guys Been to see a job for a mate of mine who is in a bit of a money pit.we have completed all house new dual RCD mains with non RCD way ready for the shed supply. he has had a peice of Hi Tuff donated. to be cliped externaly 300mm down into a duct buried and marking taped. now I would...
  12. M

    Armoured cables

    I have come across, on more than one occasion, where thesteel wire armour of an armoured cable is not correctly glanded so that thearmour is not earthed. This is where there is an earth core within the cable. I have recently spoke to an electrician who maintains the armour is notrequired to be...
  13. W

    What size armoured cable do I need???

    Hi there, I've just built a shed and want to run power to it for a double socket and 3 light fittings. I would need about 25-30 meters of cable but wanted to check on the minimum diameter I could run with. Thanks guys Mike
  14. Q

    Splitting and armoured supply to two consumer units.

    I have a job comming up where I need to run power from the house to an outbuilding into a new consumer unit and then from this building to another where there will be a smaller consumer unit. I have completed my calculations and the cable leaving the house will need to be 25mm and then 16mm on...
  15. C

    Sizing SWA Armoured for CPC

    Something I haven't really done, so am I correct with the Maths? Just looking to reduce costs & use 2 core against 3. Found the Table from the Sticky. Anyhow 10mm SWA is labelled Red & the footnote states the Armoured would not satisfy as the CPC (but maybe by Calculation). So... 2 Core SWA...
  16. C

    2.5mm3 core armoured cable any one know how much it is per meter got a little job on

    ony needing 10 meters so dont want to buy a 50m drum
  17. S

    16mm armoured???

    Hi Guys, Quick question Would a 16mm copper armoured 3 core cable be ok for a 25-30 meter run (clipped direct) from a 100a fuse??? Cheers
  18. A

    25mm 5 core armoured and kva

    Hi all i went to look at a job where another electrician has installed the 25mm armoured to a 3 phase board supplying a commercial kitchen. The electrician has installed a 3 phase isolator at intake using 160 a fuses. I was wondering the max 25 mm run surface for about 20 meters also the co...
  19. W

    25mm armoured

    was just wondering if this was the correct size, any help would be appreciative a 25 mm armoured with a run of about 25 metres , ambient temputure 25degrees, clipped on its own direct to a wall. it is feeding a supply of a 100 amp switch someone told me it should be downgraded to a 80 amp ...
  20. D

    10mm armoured need replacing?

    I have a 10mm 4 core glanded into a length of conduit buried in the wall, around 2 metres in length, I tested continuity between all cores and galv conduit and it's perfectly clear, however when I tested IR it failed between 2 cores and conduit. Am I missing something here or does it simply need...

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