Batten lamp holders

[Tuttle]

Is normal grey PVC T&E cable ok for the wiring to batten lamp holders, or should heat resistant sleeving or heat resistant cable be used?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

No, normal T&E is fine.

 

[Tuttle]

Cool, thanks

 

[lukeysim]

1.5mm2 is fine

 

[Selfmade]

This is puzzling me. According to my EAL domestic installer course and other sources, cables in batten holders should be protected with heat-resistant sleeving. I also notice that many batten holders come with heat resistant tails pre-wired. Yet I have not found any electrical wholesalers who supply heat resistant sleeving, even those who sell batten holders without tails. Sleeving is available on the web but from suppliers from the auto industry and computer industry. Does this suggest such sleeving is not commonly used in electrical installations? If so what is the alternative? A short length of heat resistant flex connected to the circuit wiring with a lighting junction box? Surely the heat from the lamp would be too much for PVC T&E?

 

[snowhead]

Surely the heat from the lamp would be too much for PVC T&E?

Not if the lamps are all Low energy as they should be nowadays.

 

[telectrix]

frequently the heat will damage the T/E after a fair while. good reason to fit LED lamps. (not those deadful cfl rubbish 1 candlepower, lights up the bog 2 minutes after you've wiped your arse jobbies)

 

[Geordie Spark]

Not if the lamps are all Low energy as they should be nowadays.

Oh !! ........... Good save !!! :clap:

 

[MDJ]

1.5mm2 is fine

so is 1mm2 as well :earmuffs:

 

[telectrix]

bell wire lasts longer as it's used to hotheads calling at the door.

 

[Geordie Spark]

bell wire lasts longer as it's used to hotheads calling at the door.

........... and it's finer than both 1mm and 1.5mm.

 

[HandySparks]

Yet I have not found any electrical wholesalers who supply heat resistant sleeving, even those who sell batten holders without tails.

What colour would you like mate?
Heat Resistant Cable Sleeving

 

[Selfmade]

Wow, thanks for all the fast replies! So I take it with LEDs and CFLs (leaving aside the wiping in the dark problems mentioned!), no heat resistant sleeving is required. But is it safe to assume the user won't ever change these for incandescents? The ban widely reported doesn't seem to be in place in reality.

 

[HandySparks]

Wow, thanks for all the fast replies! So I take it with LEDs and CFLs (leaving aside the wiping in the dark problems mentioned!), no heat resistant sleeving is required. But is it safe to assume the user won't ever change these for incandescents? The ban widely reported doesn't seem to be in place in reality.

No probs.
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[Selfmade]

What colour would you like mate?

Thanks very much for the link. I'm guessing if it turns out I do need it, brown and blue (for the new circuits I have planned), though I may also need red and black if fitting to existing wiring. Presumably a short length of grey in a larger diameter is also needed for protecting the sheathing as it enters the fitting as well?

Reckon I'll leave ordering for now (fed up with deliveries arriving when I'm out and being left in the rain etc) and just try to stick to low energy bulbs in batten holders.