Wiring type.

[Adam W]

Oh dear!! You see i wouldn't even give that installation a second thought, let alone a first thought!! ...lol!!

Presumably you mean the other way around - you wouldn't give it a first though, let alone a second thought?

Apart from apparently not being able to adapt basket (which you can do far more easily than with trunking) and looking nice if you lift the ceiling up, I can't see any good reasons not to install basket.

If price were an issue, which it is for many clients, basket would win again because it's cheaper both in materials and man hours.

Or cheaper still, you could fix a row of stop end boxes on the permanent ceiling, run a catenary wire alongside them, and cable tie a bunch of T&E to it, coming off at each box for a rose.
How do you like that idea then, E54?

Of course trunking would look nicer, but it's down to the requirements of the job.

 

[Knobhead]

I know the criteria I would set and that is durability.
T+E in plastic drops are too easy to damage. But I suppose it’s easy for those with little or no real skill to knock together.

 

[Engineer54]

Yes your right the other way round!! First thought let alone a second thought!! lol!! What i was trying to say was, that i wouldn't have even have suggested such an installation to a client...

As was pointed out by Tony, trunking/conduit installation would rarely need to be completly ripped out, as it would in effect be the backbone of the present and any future system layout. And not look like something that a first year apprentice would install.

 

[Adam W]

Does it really need to be that durable in a commercial environment, considering the basket will be out of reach above the ceiling and the switch drops behind plasterboard?

I still don't get why you'd need to 'rip out' a cable basket if you needed to alter the installation.

 

[mogga]

busbar n tap offs for sockets n one for lighting = very flexable easy install expensive but easy to move stuff around

basket twe = easy to install inexpensive quick to install

trunking singles = expensive inflexable time taken to install great if its a permanent install not that great in shop fit where walls move right left n center

 

[High Tower]

Just drop the T&E on top of the suspended ceiling and clip it to the wall with T&E clips!!.

Duck under the crossfire lol

 

[ipf]

Just drop the T&E on top of the suspended ceiling and clip it to the wall with T&E clips!!.

Duck under the crossfire lol

You can always cable tie to the suspension wires. Ouch!

 

[maxfresh]

How about using nymj instead of t+e

 

[jbecks]

In our plant we have alot of SWA in cable trays or using cleats on the wall but its very industrial plant, I have never seen T&E in an industrial enviroment...I think I would find it quite odd