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Discuss Can we use the armour of an SWA as the CPC??? in the Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations area at ElectriciansForums.net
i've been trying to clear this up(for myself)
there is no reason not to parallel the armour and separate cpc is there?-for SP and 3P SWA on PME
thanks
The separate cpc must be sized as if it alone were to take the earth fault current, it is not permissible to add the CSA's of the two conductors together
yes-i know,but otherwise there is no reason why they can't be paralleled is there? on pme
If you are exporting PME earthing out to an outbuilding that HAS extraneous metalwork (=<22000ohms between metalwork and main earth terminal) and you are intending to use the armouring only as an earth conductor then for a:
TNCS system you will need 8 x the required equivalent in copper e.g 10.00 copper required = 80.00mm armouring.
TNS system you will need 4 x the required equivalent in copper.
If after installation it is found to require external CPC it should be a minimum of 25% csa of phase conductor.
"ECA guide to the wiring regs."
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