Swa cable issue

[sparkydude]

Still awaiting the corerct test cert from them, but the cable is not due to be installed for a few weeks yet so will see what happens once we have it pulled in and terminated one end , prior to the jointing being carried out i will be testing it thats for sure.

Will update when i know more.

Nick

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Pretty tricky with such a large csa to detect high resistance (would have to have been cut with baking powder to show up)

 

[sparkydude]

sure your not getting confused with crack cocaine ??? thats normally cut with baking powder, swa tends to becut with a hacksaw :hair:

 

[Big n Daft]

The words Cleveland Cable sends a shiver down ones spine. Is it that all cable is cheap and nasty these days, or is it just me? Meeting certain standards does not mean its good to work with.

 

[Knobhead]

The words Cleveland Cable sends a shiver down ones spine. Is it that all cable is cheap and nasty these days, or is it just me? Meeting certain standards does not mean its good to work with.

Many years ago BICC Callender Cables was the Rolls Royce of cables, I must have put miles of it in. But occasionally things went wrong. It’s a fact of life.
The worse failing with BICC was to little French chalk being used as the cable was extruded, you would then have the inner serving stuck to the core insulation. It took care and knowledge of cable construction to get around it. But I’ve never taken a cable out due to it, the termination looks a mess but I never had one fail.