In what context do you use a CPC?

[not_today]

i have both i think. a very helpful chap on here sent me a load of pdf books. currently uploading them to my google drive so i can read them on my phone.

 

[Floody]

go start an aprentaship.

if you don't know what a cpc is you shouldnt be playing with electrics

Shanky, as a student yourself... you don't want to be jumping down people's throats like that

 

[trev]

Shanky, as a student yourself... you don't want to be jumping down people's throats like that

Guys come on, he screwed up and has acknowledged it. Let's not have a witch hunt

 

[MDJ]

Agreed not in this forum, it's the only one left on the site which is a safe haven, it needs to stay that way or the trainees won't come onto the site.

 

[not_today]

can anyone please link me to an image of a CPC please ...

 

[trev]

You know when you strip a bit of twin and earth mate and you've got that bare copper wire in the middle? That's your CPC, it is short for circuit protective conductor. They come in many different formats eg the armouring of a steel wire armoured cable, the metal sheath of a MICC. They're normally referred to as earths.

 

[shanky887614]

can anyone please link me to an image of a CPC please ...

in most cases it is one of the cores in the cable.

except with armoured cable, its common to see a green+yellow(cpc) tywrapped to it

 

[not_today]

Oh my god my face is red with embarrassment!

i was reading a thread in one of the other subs and someone was talking about CPC's but i think they were using the term out of context to the confuse the OP. i dont think i'll bother reading that section for a while (there's a lot of sarcasm)

i know what your talking about now. cheers chaps.

 

[trev]

I've always said this place is like a site cabin mate, there's a lot of **** taking goes on. The trick is to know who are the **** takers
It's also easy to get confused by terminology you're not used to, as an example I have no clue what the proper name for Zebs is. I will have done once but having called them Zebs for so long that pushes the real name out of my head.

 

[Marvo]

Zebs?? That's a new one for me, no idea what they are but they sound pretty mysterious. We have zebras around here but no zebs...

 

[trev]

Zebs is short for Zebedees Andy, remember the magic roundabout? The guy with the sprin up his butt? Time for bed said Zebedee and all that old malarkey.
Well they're the nuts with a spring on them, you'll know the ones I mean

 

[Marvo]

Ahh, makes sense. Like unistrut spring-nuts I assume.

 

[trev]

Ahh, makes sense. Like unistrut spring-nuts I assume. View attachment 17762

They are the very chaps I was talking about.

 

[Baker1988]

Ahh, makes sense. Like unistrut spring-nuts I assume. View attachment 17762

They are zebs lol

 

[not_today]

cheers chaps. it'll all part of the steep learning curve i am on at the moment.