surface laying SWA

[Rhys Hewitt]

ok sorry for causing this row guys i will wait for him to return and get him to do the work it may take me a few more months to save for it but will be worth it i realized that i am not competent terminate the cables however thought i could save my self a decent amount of money by laying it or burying it myself maybe not i will leave it to the professionals.
Thanks

 

[mickys86]

in my experience it perfectly acceptable to clip to a fence thats sturdy and a permanent structure and the cable is suitably protected and visible.
so either im a cowboy or just realistic in my approach to getting the job done.
dont answer that.

Cowboy - doubtful
Realistic - yes

I would much rather clip neatly along a fence but the argument is that if your on holiday and your fence blows down, the neighbour does a good deed by sorting the fence and he's completely unknown to the 230v cable on the other side.

 

[mickys86]

ok sorry for causing this row guys i will wait for him to return and get him to do the work it may take me a few more months to save for it but will be worth it i realized that i am not competent terminate the cables however thought i could save my self a decent amount of money by laying it or burying it myself maybe not i will leave it to the professionals.
Thanks

Nothing wrong with diggin the trench for the electrician.

 

[Guest55]

and you can clip to a wall that gets hit by a car..........

or suspend a cable from cantenary wires and steel posts that gets hit by a tree branch in a storm.....

a designer deals with the known , not the hyperthetical.

 

[pencilpusher]

Nothing wrong with diggin the trench for the electrician.

Agreed, but always speak to that electrician first, it's known as "basics"

 

[snowhead]

Cowboy - doubtful
Realistic - yes

I would much rather clip neatly along a fence but the argument is that if your on holiday and your fence blows down, the neighbour does a good deed by sorting the fence and he's completely unknown to the 230v cable on the other side.

The fence wouldn't blow down, it's got the SWA to support it..

 

[Rhys Hewitt]

the fence i referred to have seen a swa clipped to was actually a stone wall so no danger of that happening however i definatly see what you mean about the fence blowing down. I realize what you said was a response to biff however just though i would make it clear

 

[Rhys Hewitt]

this was the thread that gave me the idea of laying the cable instead of burying but im doing neither now.

http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...moured-cable-but-run-under-hedge-instead.html

 

[Guest55]

Cowboy - doubtful

lol.
many members would have took the oppourtunity to put the boot in :-D

 

[Thomas1234]

Why not run an extension lead ? Get a green one and it blend in with grass

 

[Rhys Hewitt]

fantastic idea even better than my swa cable idea but 1.5 flex wouldn't take the current i need not that it matters as the fuse would go before hand

 

[mickys86]

Agreed, but always speak to that electrician first, it's known as "basics"

Which is what I said in post three

 

[trev]

fantastic idea even better than my swa cable idea but 1.5 flex wouldn't take the current i need not that it matters as the fuse would go before hand

Substitute the fuse for a nail and you're good to go mate. Sadly, like many others, I've seen it done.

 

[Rhys Hewitt]

lol i wouldnt do that may be surprising seems like the kind of thing i would think of doing along with surface laying swa :/

 

[Geordie Spark]

For what it's worth, I have a garage at the bottom of my garden that one day I'll be running a 6mm 3 core SWA to and I have the hedge issue too.

I'm intending to construct a low "fence" - about a foot high? - in front of the hedge and clip the SWA to that.

It's just a matter of summoning the energy ............ :yawn::sleep1: