Zip ties on tray worked fixed to a wall

[keiren]

Come across a new install with tray work fixed across a wall above a door way with plastic zipe ties is the a regulation that states metal zip ties should be in situe ?

 

[nickblake]

there is a report some where where a fire fighter was killed having got tangled up in cables , if it saves a fire fighters life then metallic ties would be prefered

 

[iamelectric]

av heard it all now on here , "is it ok to use plastic cable ties on tray" if it wasn't every supermarket in Britain would not comply with the regs

 

[Engineer54]

av heard it all now on here , "is it ok to use plastic cable ties on tray" if it wasn't every supermarket in Britain would not comply with the regs

From what i've seen with my own eyes of supermaket wiring you can bet your last pound that none of them comply. ....And plastic ties on cable tray is the last thing to be worrying about in them!! lol!!

 

[Knobhead]

I got caught up in a chemical fire. The system was set so that there was an E-Stop on the control panel, it tripped the 11KV supply. Brilliant idea. NOT!
I was stuck in the acrid smoke in the dark! Cables falling out of runs didn’t help.

The company. I’ll give them their due, they never asked me to work on that plant ever again. Correct emergency lighting fitted throughout.

This was back in the 70’s I hope things are better now.

 

[tazz]

av heard it all now on here , "is it ok to use plastic cable ties on tray" if it wasn't every supermarket in Britain would not comply with the regs

The firefighter incident, was actually Co-op supermarket in Essex (hs fine £250k) The cables were all in T&W, and just thrown across the false ceiling, with no tray or support. The data, security, cctv and fire alarm cables were installed the same.
The only cables we see on tray are armored, as most specs, insist on all lv cables being in galv box trunking, with data, fire etc, being installed in basket tray. This seems to be the standard now on new builds and refits.