Have the rules for ring mains changed over the years?

[davesparks]

I think trades should be identified by hair colour, blue for electricians

At least I've managed to get that bit right!

 

[davesparks]

Cable that size… is it not written on the insulation somewhere?

Possibly, but there is only a very short bit visible until I can actually do the shutdown.

 

[westward10]

Looks bluer than previously Dave.

 

[nicebutdim]

At least I've managed to get that bit right!

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AWG40 if I remember colour codes correctly?

 

[7029 dave]

Overseas electrical installation methods, materials, accessories, regulations etc have no relevance here in the UK, so dont understand why the heated debate.
I suggest go and work over in France or other parts of Europe if our system is so bad and a horror show.

 

[mainline]

At least I've managed to get that bit right!

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He's not a real electrician, not without a CPS logo

 

[mainline]

Overseas electrical installation methods, materials, accessories, regulations etc have no relevance here in the UK, so dont understand why the heated debate.
I suggest go and work over in France or other parts of Europe if our system is so bad and a horror show.

He has to stay here to help sort it.

 

[mainline]

I think trades should be identified by hair colour, blue for electricians

I'm waiting for baldelectrician to pop up, asking what's he to do.

 

[7029 dave]

I'm waiting for baldelectrician to pop up, asking what's he to do.

Like most of us wear a wig lol

 

[nicebutdim]

I'm waiting for baldelectrician to pop up, asking what's he to do.

Everything is on course for me to request a name change to baldapprentice.

 

[narkedatninety]

"pre-sleeved earth (sic) wires"

Adding an insulated layer to a dead conductor who's sole purpose is to detect a breach of the dielectric barrier within the run of cable is nonsensical from a safety perspective let alone an additional increased cost. Hence, there is a very good reason why we do not sleeve the CPC throughout the entire cable.

 

[rewireIT]

Adding an insulated layer to a dead conductor who's sole purpose is to detect a breach of the dielectric barrier within the run of cable is nonsensical from a safety perspective let alone an additional increased cost. Hence, there is a very good reason why we do not sleeve the CPC throughout the entire cable.

So flex is dangerous? Not sure the cpc 'detects' anything.

 

[mainline]

Adding an insulated layer to a dead conductor who's sole purpose is to detect a breach of the dielectric barrier within the run of cable is nonsensical from a safety perspective.

The cpc is used to carry fault current, which may be to do with an appliance and not the cable's insulation.

 

[rewireIT]

The mindset of 'the way we do it is the only right way and literally the entirety of the rest of the world is wrong' is very strange.

 

[davesparks]

The mindset of 'the way we do it is the only right way and literally the entirety of the rest of the world is wrong' is very strange.

Nobody has said that the rest of the world is wrong!

You're the only person who displayed such a narrow mindset.