Chinese branded cable

[Deleted member 26818]

The company building the power station I was working on a couple of months back is having problems over the Chinese HO7 cables they used.
Apparently it’s not BASEC approved.

 

[MG201]

like said by many others the place of manufacture should not be relevant, its all good saying that we should use products that are made in the UK but as we hand lots of our major projects to foreign main contractors then how can we expect them to use our products, after all when these tenders are all weighted 70/30 on cost they will squeeze every penny possible in the supply chain, this is where supply chain management and building relationships go out the window if can be obtained cheaper else where as good will simply isn't worth any thing in business these days sad but true

 

[MG201]

like said by many others the place of manufacture should not be relevant, its all good saying that we should use products that are made in the UK but as we hand lots of our major projects to foreign main contractors then how can we expect them to use our products, after all when these tenders are all weighted 70/30 on cost they will squeeze every penny possible in the supply chain, this is where supply chain management and building relationships go out the window if can be obtained cheaper else where as good will simply isn't worth any thing in business these days sad but true

 

[sham]

Which brand of cable do you lot recommend, I use Prysmain as it's readily available for me from Srewfix. Anyway some of these British standard markings on cables could be faked, maybe not from a reputable stores but then again you would not think there would be horse meat in those burgers because of where they were being sold.