where to buy black flex please

[brucelee]

hi all
can someone please tell me where i can by some 1.0mm 3 core black flex suitable for wiriing from a adaptable box to a floodlight
been everywhere local wholesalers changing hands and i just spent over a hour just to get 3 lengths of conduit and a few other bits joke

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I got some from screwfix this week. it might have been 1.5 though.

 

[Pat Tester]

How about an Electrical Wholesaler ?

Newey and Ayre
Edmundsons
City Electrical Factors

or a ---- shop like Do It All etc

 

[brucelee]

hi mate its just for a 500watt flood from adaptable box to light cant find any except tlc but that will be next week i am using 1.0mm t/e in conduit to adaptable box then flex to flood would it be ok to just use 0.75 or should i go with 1.5mm

 

[brucelee]

just looked at cef online they got non my local one changing hands to century they got nowt in spent over a hour to get 3 lengths of conduit and a few othe rbits wont be going again tried screwfix only one that i seen has it is tlc but that will be next week

 

[Jonesy83]

if you only need a short amount may aswell go bnq

 

[brucelee]

they only got 0.75 and 1.5mm was going to buy a 50m or 100m drum as i have a few jobs but i only need about 1metre for this job
think i will just go with 1.5mm as i cant find 1.0mm any anywhere exceppt TLC and will have to wait until next week

 

[Jonesy83]

mind you saying that i have trouble getting 0.75 from my wholesaler they order it in for us

 

[brucelee]

cheers mate
i will try a local electrical ,electronics shop that sells everything in the morn my local electrical wholesaler is a joke they didnt have half of the stuff i needed like black saddles for plastic conduit and wiska adaptable box black useless so and so cheers any way matey

 

[Sintra]

Had to buy a 20M extension lead once when i was stuck and chop it up.

 

[brucelee]

thats what i call solving a problem lol

 

[DurhamSparky]

i once had to buy a house to get some pendants out to solve a problem down the street!!!

 

[brucelee]

Hi mate thats a good idea lol
Ive just bought some 1.5mm from A local electrical/electronics shop its a joke that no one sells it only place i have found is tlc
my wholesaler useless they had no mk ip56 switch, black wiska boxes, 20mm pvc tees, spacer saddles or basically not much really its cost about £80 in materials just to put a 500watt flood that doesnt include T/E or switch fused spur

cheers guys for help as usual