Is this acceptable?

[Goody]

Thanks for all the inputs, seemed like lesson time and I have learnt a few things. As Amp David says, I too love to use brass nuts/bolts but couldn’t find suitable ones and I am hence sticking to what I have used earlier. Really wanted to use “Piranha Earth Locking Nuts” but my local shop or the “Bigshed” doesn’t do them.

I have taken your advice on board and have crimped it with suitable eyelet. The IP rating of the box hasn’t been compromised as the hole I drilled was big enough just to thread the lug-nut thro’.

Cheers!

 

[Doomed]

use a locking ring next time

 

[part270579]

Yeah, they guys are right. Crimp, crimp and crimp. double nut and don't forget your washers and copper grease!

And be a little more careful with whatever you are striping the outer sheath of with. Looks like a stanley blade incident to me.

Just out of interest, did you split the cores on the earth cable? Seen this done countless times and given out many b*llockings for it.

 

[mechelec]

Should have used a crimp for sure and i have always used 2 nuts on a banjo in a plastic enclosure. You cannot make a good reliable electrical connection by clamping the banjo onto plastic. Use 2 nuts on the gland with the banjo sandwiched between them.

 

[Electricalserv]

Should have used a crimp for sure and i have always used 2 nuts on a banjo in a plastic enclosure. You cannot make a good reliable electrical connection by clamping the banjo onto plastic. Use 2 nuts on the gland with the banjo sandwiched between them.

Biggest echo ever here. Always 2 nuts on the banjo for me aswell. Thought I was the only one!

 

[mogga]

www.earthingnuts.co.uk try looking here these are great for PVC boxes and give a good bit more room than bent frying pans and provides a bolt for earthing to using a crimp on the cable

 

[Dunc]

www.earthingnuts.co.uk try looking here these are great for PVC boxes and give a good bit more room than bent frying pans and provides a bolt for earthing to using a crimp on the cable

These things are the nuts (forgive the pun)! Have a box of 20 and 25mm on the van at the moment. Adds a bit of cost to your usual gland pack but they're much quicker then using banjos, two lock nuts and roofing bolts plus the little teeth on the underside of the nut guarantee a good, firm and electrically sound connection to metal enclosures. I now have a collection of banjos and locknuts of which the latter make great spacers/washers.