KNIPEX

Hi guys im after a bit of help please.

if im running a 4core 25mm armoured to a three phase distboard do i need a seperate earth to go with it or can i use the armourings???

i thought you had to run a seperate earth half the size of the cable so a 16mm earth.

all cable calcs say u need a seperate earth so im confused

is there any regs on this please???

thanks in advance.

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Bane

I'd say run a seperate earth.

wayne

i usually do ,but just done a large job of 10 db,s swa as earth (client spec)so no help here

section543.2 gives "types of protective conductors,have a read ,post your thoughts

wayne

further to my last post ,our technical dept just did a calc for me ,turns out it needed an earth cable due to length
i would suggest further you have a look at the whole of chapter 54 if you want to rely on the swa as a cpc

ian.settle1

Wayne do you have a different posting as I can not see any mention of the length of the cable run.

Bane

Maybe he meant size?

Anyway, fu*k that. I answered a question right!!!

wayne

ian ,
this thread doesnt mention cable run ,i was posting about a cable i was sizing up,sorry if i confused you
what the tech dept probably found out was the r1+r2values were too high and the easiest solution was a seperate earth

Bane

Oh you trickster Wayne

Shakey

I ripped out 4 core 25mm SWA the other week feeding a 3 phase sub board

probably about 60 metres, they were certainly using the armour as the cpc.....

Wayne, so what is the value of R2 for the armour of SWA? (and i'm not being 'funny' that is a genuine question)

I think this would have more to do with the adiabatic fourmula, because R1+R2 would only be relevant if you knew the breeaker (and its corresponding Zs) protecting the SWA

Now, just thinking logically here chaps, if you have TNS at your house, chances are its being feed from SWA, with the armour being used as the earth........

wayne

both mccb and zs are known
resistance values for swa can be obtained from cable manufacturers