Connectors for T&E to Singles.

[RDB85]

I’ve a job to do at home. I’ve a feed that connects my house to the garage consumer unit. The cable is in 10mm T&E.

I’m replacing the conduit for galvanised and spraying it white to match the render.

I was thinking where it exits the house in an end box rather than struggle with the T&E I was going to use 10mm singles instead. But is there connectors that anyone would recommend to join the cables? Or would good old connector block be okay?

 

[Teddy Lop]

Is it possible to strip the t+e thus making it singles with no need for a join as such?

Crimps would be my preferred way to join it if must. But whatever you can fit into an end box seems bodgey.

 

[RDB85]

Is it possible to strip the t+e thus making it singles with no need for a join as such?

Crimps would be my preferred way to join it if must. But whatever you can fit into an end box seems bodgey.

I could strip the grey sheath. As it’s in conduit.

 

[freddo]

If you do need to join, Barton make large diameter 25mm conduit boxes to make it a lot easier to house the joints.

 

[nicebutdim]

What's inside the house where the conduit goes out? Could you bring it the conduit out the back of a small DIN rail enclosure with terminals?

 

[RDB85]

What's inside the house where the conduit goes out? Could you bring it the conduit out the back of a small DIN rail enclosure with terminals?

It goes through the ceiling into a room and then into the consumer unit that’s in a cupboard. It maybe possible to pull the cable out and fit singles if I get some cable rods out.

 

[RDB85]

I’ve thought about stripping it but it’s a lot of earth sleeving. I may try some singles as I could rod it through the house i think. Where is the best place to buy singles from?

 

[timhoward]

I’ve thought about stripping it but it’s a lot of earth sleeving

I'd be thinking about stripping the outer sheathing off, using the existing 10mm L and N then either:
-crimping the CPC onto singles. Then you only need to get Yellow/Green singles.
-possibly using the galv conduit as a CPC?

As the conduit will need earthing anyway, and as 10mm T&E has 4mm CPC, and as a reel of 4mm earth is a handy thing to have anyway, and as 4mm fits inside a wago, I'd probably do all of the above.

 

[RDB85]

I'd be thinking about stripping the outer sheathing off, using the existing 10mm L and N then either:
-crimping the CPC onto singles. Then you only need to get Yellow/Green singles.
-possibly using the galv conduit as a CPC?

As the conduit will need earthing anyway, and as 10mm T&E has 4mm CPC, and as a reel of 4mm earth is a handy thing to have anyway, and as 4mm fits inside a wago, I'd probably do all of the above.

That’s not a bad idea that Tim. I’ll see how much a reel of 4mm Earth is in singles

 

[Teddy Lop]

I’ve thought about stripping it but it’s a lot of earth sleeving. I may try some singles as I could rod it through the house i think. Where is the best place to buy singles from?

Does it really actually need earth sleeving inside the tube?

I know it feels a bit bodgy but what's going to happen and isn't an unbroken conductor nicer?