Old Cable colours

[Gary latto]

Hi all
Any regs that allow use of old colour cable ie-- red and black if sleeved with new colours (brown blue)
Just found full drum of 10mm in back of my garage and be great if can use it and sleeve to new colours

 

[Dustydazzler]

Safe it for jobs where the existing wiring is R/B

No need for a mixed wiring label

 

[telectrix]

no reason why not. ( or date the cert 2004 )

 

[littlespark]

I read a suggestion on here a few weeks ago about old red/black.
Apparently its a good selling price on ebay.

 

[telectrix]

i once bought a 100m drum of 2.5mm in R/Bk from a car boot. ( c. 2011) for £10. soon got used.

 

[Gary latto]

Cheers guys ill keep for future use

 

[Dustydazzler]

I read a suggestion on here a few weeks ago about old red/black.
Apparently its a good selling price on ebay.

Yes drums of old colours fetch good money online

I keep an eye out for it at bootsales to re-sell or use myself

 

[telectrix]

yous be able to wire a few 10.5kW showers at a competitive price.

 

[Dustydazzler]

yous be able to wire a few 10.5kW showers at a competitive price.

Yes for sure

How much was a 50m drum of 10mm 15 years ago ? £40+vat ?

 

[Pete999]

i once bought a 100m drum of 2.5mm in R/Bk from a car boot. ( c. 2011) for £10. soon got used.

Never seen a drum of 2.5mm2 Red and Black Tel, use much of it did you?

 

[Andy78]

I'd personally weigh it in or flog it. I'd not be using it for new jobs.

 

[westward10]

Must admit board change I did this week (another thread) I extended some 1.5 blacks using some new black from old stock. Made sense as much of the 80s wiring had blue line conductors.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I'd personally weigh it in or flog it. I'd not be using it for new jobs.

Omg , no way would I scrap a perfectly usable reel of new cable.
I still have loads of red and black singles from when my dad was a factory electrician. I could never just scrap it...

 

[Des 56]

I would have no hesitation whatsoever to use old colours

The only reason I would not do so is if the copper cores had oxidised,the insulation was somehow or other damaged or for some obscure reason I had run out of identification tape or letters

Having said that,I'm open to changing my opinion if I was provided with a justifiable reason(other than "they are not the current colours")

 

[Deleted member 26818]

With one exception, BS7671 allows us to use whatever colour we want, as long as we correctly identify at the terminations.
The exception is single core G/Y.