Swa in plastic board?

[paulthemagpie]

What's your guys view about Swa into plastic consumer unit

 

[Geordie Spark]

What's your guys view about Swa into plastic consumer unit

How about YOU tell us YOUR view (s) first??

 

[Geordie Spark]

Move to DIY?

File in B1N

 

[firemanowl]

Problem with common sense, not everyone has got it.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Problem with common sense, not everyone has got it.

Aye .... it's not always that "common" is it??

 

[baldsparkies]

Rotary isolators are mostly plastic and are often fed from swa.

And you will see thousands wired this way all over the country.
Just look at the local isolation for many external A/C units.

 

[snowhead]

Problem with common sense, not everyone has got it.

Aye .... it's not always that "common" is it??

And some of those that think they've got it, haven't.

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[Toneyz]

We got pulled up by the niceic regarding the creeping issue of swa in plastic enclosures now have to use earth nuts or locknut banjo locknut

 

[Engineer54]

We got pulled up by the niceic regarding the creeping issue of swa in plastic enclosures now have to use earth nuts or locknut banjo locknut

Never seen any evidence of it myself, but then we use earthing nuts on all our 20/25mm SWA glands.

 

[Darkwood]

We got pulled up by the niceic regarding the creeping issue of swa in plastic enclosures now have to use earth nuts or locknut banjo locknut

Think your NICEIC assessor is been a jobsworth, I can agree with creep, it is a real issue and is just as common on metal and even with your terminals on your switchgear, mcbs etc.... we were taught to always return within a day or two and nip any terminals up as copper (especially stranded) settles and can create a loose joint over time if not nipped up, although the higher ampage range of some branded gear has a design to avoid said loosening with creep.

PS I have had 3 written apologies in my time:-

2 from Niceic blokes and one from a Clerk of Electrical Works.... they are pen pushers and only human and subject to the same mis-interpretations as you or I .... but I always ensure I state my case if I see fault in there opinions.