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Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. :eek:mg_smile:

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!
 
So bending a multi cored cable or a solid core which is worse, bending a solid core at right angles introduces massive tension and compression to the core which would be spread over a multi core cable.
They come manufactured like this Mike, the installer doesn't bend them to shape. I guess the manufacturers have done their tests and are happy.
 
Just once.

Wasn’t the link that failed, it was a badly designed system where too much power was going through a link somehow, melted the insulation on the neutral link and the incoming live…..

Bang flash, out goes the DNO fuse and a Sunday call out for me.
 
The milage would be in the amount of electricians that bend cables we spool off drums at right angles in an attempt to make the internal cable runs look like they are factory fitted, the amount of pic's on this Forum alone show a large number.
 
The milage would be in the amount of electricians that bend cables we spool off drums at right angles in an attempt to make the internal cable runs look like they are factory fitted, the amount of pic's on this Forum alone show a large number.

I can't think of a single image on this forum that shows anyone having done so. Such basic installation techniques are a fundamental part of any trainee's education.
 
The milage would be in the amount of electricians that bend cables we spool off drums at right angles in an attempt to make the internal cable runs look like they are factory fitted, the amount of pic's on this Forum alone show a large number.
Out of interest how would you deal with a set of tails that come in rear, side or bottom entry? You’d have to bend those to get them into the switch. So curious as to how you’d do it, given your stance on bending conductors.
 
Bending a multi-core cable is totally different to bending a single-core conductor. In a multi-core cable the outer conductors are stretched but the inner conductors are compressed.
 
Bending a multi-core cable is totally different to bending a single-core conductor. In a multi-core cable the outer conductors are stretched but the inner conductors are compressed.
Ok, so how would the termination be done for a single 2.5 conductor?

ESF state this as best practice and it’s what I was taught to do and see most other electricians doing the same. It’s a single solid conductor bent at 180deg.

I’ve never understood how this is fine but some find bending a cable at deg unacceptable. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!
 
The angle of a bend is less important than the radius of that bend. The cables we bend are manufactured to a standard and there are minimum bend radii for cables manufactured to those standards.

As per previous post, bending the end of a solid conductor is simply to increase surface area within a terminal signifcantly larger than the conductor - it's basically a means of avoiding the a situation where conductors aren't properly terminated.

The other issue of solid links within a CU is entirely separate as we don't know what standards those links are manufactured to and can safely assume that all factory fitted components have been type tested.
 

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