Help identifiying a cable please

[Ross1]

Im carrying out a PIR, there is a 3 core (what appears to be solid aluminium armoured) cable supplying one of the single phase DB`s. the solid cores are almost triangular in shape, colours of cores are RYB. The csa looks anywhere between 16mm and 25mm/sq.

Any ideas on cable type and so I can find out the ccc.

 

[Pete999]

It is the means of providing a cpc. I believe the term AWA was/is used for them

AWA what does that mean Westy?

 

[Pete999]

It is the means of providing a cpc. I believe the term AWA was/is used for them

AWA what does that mean Westy?

 

[westward10]

Aluminium Wire Armour, you can still get it but from what I can see as single core.

 

[Pete999]

Aluminium Wire Armour, you can still get it but from what I can see as single core.

So it's Aluminium Armour?

 

[westward10]

So it's Aluminium Armour?

Google AWA cable.

 

[Daniel Oake]

Aluminium wire armoured cable
Steel wire armour is only used on multicore versions of the cable. A multicore cable, as the name suggests, is one where there are a number of different cores. When cable has only one core, aluminium wire armour (AWA) is used instead of steel wire. This is because the aluminium is non-magnetic. A magnetic field is produced by the current in a single core cable. This would induce an electric current in the steel wire, which could cause overheating.


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[Ross1]

 

[Ross1]

How you like the state on that

 

[telectrix]

shiite, not sunni.

 

[westward10]

That armour for want of a better word looks aluminium.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

AWA, SWA and concentric all pretty much do the same job.
Pierce the cable with a metallic object the armour or outer concentric ring will act as a fault path.

 

[Ross1]

Thanks for the input guys

 

[drzsta]

That is AWA in the pic provided, rough as..