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Here's quick question...

Can I sleeve a green & yellow flex conductor with brown or blue to use it as a switched live or neutral?

I'm looking at a situation where I do not need the CPC connection (the timer switch I'm connecting to is class 2 insulated) but I do need live, neutral and switched live. So I'm wondering if I can use 3 core flex (so that the conductors are all insulated within the outer sheath, unlike T&E) and put a brown sleeve on the G/Y to use it as the switched live.

Thanks for your help, and sorry if this has been answered many times before!
 
Here's quick question...

Can I sleeve a green & yellow flex conductor with brown or blue to use it as a switched live or neutral?

I'm looking at a situation where I do not need the CPC connection (the timer switch I'm connecting to is class 2 insulated) but I do need live, neutral and switched live. So I'm wondering if I can use 3 core flex (so that the conductors are all insulated within the outer sheath, unlike T&E) and put a brown sleeve on the G/Y to use it as the switched live.

Thanks for your help, and sorry if this has been answered many times before!

Personally I don't like the idea!
 
It's in the NIC EIC ( So this may be one of their, well it's in our fictitious rule book etc) snags and solutions and if memory serves it is exceptable if the run is totally visible. Personally would never do it.
 
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I will stand up to be shot at. I am certain that it does say somewhere in BS7671 that Green or Green and yellow are only to be used to identify earthing and bonding connections and must not be used for any other purpose. Or words to that effect. I am so sure that i would put money on it.

Cheers.........Howard
 
ttereg 514.4.2

green and yellow shall be used exclusively for identification of a protective conductor and this combination shall not be used for any other purpose.
 
Here's quick question...

Can I sleeve a green & yellow flex conductor with brown or blue to use it as a switched live or neutral?

I'm looking at a situation where I do not need the CPC connection (the timer switch I'm connecting to is class 2 insulated) but I do need live, neutral and switched live. So I'm wondering if I can use 3 core flex (so that the conductors are all insulated within the outer sheath, unlike T&E) and put a brown sleeve on the G/Y to use it as the switched live.

Thanks for your help, and sorry if this has been answered many times before!
For this type of work you should use a 3 core cable. In T&E the cross section of the earth isn't the same as the lives; so earth shouldn't be used as permanent live. Just my opinion.
 
Yes the green and yellow should only be used as a earth conductor but if you sleeve it with another colour ie brown/blue not a problem this can not be done with twin and earth cable. regs state green and yellow should only be used for
earth conductor this is correct but you have sleeved it its now not a earth conductor.
its no different than sleeving say a blue switch wire with brown sleeve or the black of a 3 core armoured yellow and green sleeve/tape.but after saying all that the flex you are using in that situation should still carry a earth.
 
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