Pvc not allowed externally...been doing it for decades

[cliffed]

Couple of pics t&e clipped externally no signs of damage,just growing moss.

 

[ipf]

What?....wooden fuse box external?

 

[cliffed]

What?....wooden fuse box external?

sorry the old fuse box inside a building,it’s not connected Dead as a Dodo.
There’s a couple of t&e 6.00mm & 10 mm clipped around old cotswold house.

 

[ipf]

Thought so, Just checking.

Plenty external T+E's clipped under the eves, nothing wrong.

 

[multimick]

if moss is growing there won't be much sunlight on it

 

[radiohead]

It's misleading to say flat PVC is not allowed outside, it is permitted as long as it is not subject to UV radiation and has adequate mechanical protection for it's situation.

 

[cliffed]

True,it’s actually clipped on side of house, & not much sunshine gets there.

 

[bigspark17]

Why not use ho7 instead ?

 

[telectrix]

why fix it if it ain't broke?

 

[Andy78]

I wouldn't be telling my customers that any PVC twin outside has to be removed, unless it was damaged, but I wouldn't be installing any outside either.

 

[goasis]

I worked with a miss guided fella once who said he wouldn't even take t&e through a wall straight into the back of an outside light, he D rather have a hidden junction and convert to ho7 flex.... Strange man...

 

[HappyHippyDad]

As Andy wrote above. I would not install pvc T&E outside, but also I would not be suggesting to a customer that it needs replacing (unless clearly damaged from UV) if it has already been installed outside.

 

[Dustydazzler]

T@e clipped directly under facia soffits or very short runs clipped outside is fine imo...
I sometimes clip black flex outside or white Fp , but only short distances.

 

[Simon47]

By way of contrast ...
At a previous job, I had some sensors on the roof - on the end of some screened "alarm" cable. After a few (maybe 5) years we had to do some maintenance on adjacent bits and thete was nothing left of the sheath. At first it looked OK, but if you touched it it just crumbled away.

 

[suffolkspark]

Got a picture of a section from a job last autumn, can see where it's out of direct sunlight at the top, further down off photo it had gaffa tape around it where it had fell to bits, it was wired in 94

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