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  1. Mark.W

    Swa gland chart

    Hey chaps! Does anyone have a good gland size chart for SWA cable! I'm looking for a comprehensive one that shows all cable sizes and no's of cores! Most charts I have seen don't show for instance 16mm 5 core etc! Thanks Mark
  2. S

    Pump cable gland.

    Does anyone know of gland to use for flat 4 core pump cable. The cable is 16mm2 4 core and its about 1"1/2 in width x 3/4" thick(similar to pic below). The application is for 2 inline pumps located in a chamber and each pump is wired into a JB. The current setup is SWA feeding in IP65 JB's and...
    • Sparkattack
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    • cable canada gland pump
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada
  3. G

    Just passed AM2, what happens next?

    Hi, Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I just got the email, telling me I've passed my AM2, just wondering, what I have to do next, as there's no further information. Will I just get sent my certificates, or do I have to send anything off? :\ My portfolio's all complete and been sent...
  4. A

    Best gland pliers

    Hi my names Adam and in wondering which are the best gland pliers (water pump pliers) and reasonably priced as my old one are in three pieces Kind regards Adam
  5. M

    External Meter Cupboard

    I have some main earth bonding to be installed to two flats and the only route is external on the wishes of the client. I will be installing the earth cable within some black conduit for neatness. My main question is can i install the conduit into the top of the extenal meter box which pertrudes...
  6. D

    Pir coding

    any body got a reg to say SWA is not correctly terminated..! got a funny feeling there is no direct REG but im trawling through Selection and Errection chapter with no avail for a reg that i can utilise as a general purpose one!! if all else fails i will put down not terminated correctly IAW...
    • DurhamSparky
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    • aus coding enclosure gland other pir terminated
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Australia
  7. D Skelton

    PVC conduit question

    Anyone know a good way of sealing an an entry to a PVC conduit box to make it water tight? What I'm wanting to do is use PVC conduit for an outside lighting installation. Where the lights are to go, my intention is to use a short length of flex from the light to a terminal in a T shaped conduix...
    • D Skelton
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    • adaptor aus boxes conduit gland pvc question screw
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Australia
  8. A

    Need to know how to connect sy multiflex cable urgent for my am2!!

    I am halfway through my am2 test today and i havnt got a clue how to connect the sy multiflex cable. can anybody help please thanks aaron
  9. Amp David

    Gland banjo fitting

    Looked at a DB yesterday and noticed that all 8 circuits were using the armour as the CPC, but the banjos at the DB end were just screwed into the steel enclosure using self drilling screws for steel. Surely this isn't correct. I have salways been shown and told that if the armour is the CPC...
    • Amp David
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    • banjo canada fitting gland
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Canada
  10. robd

    Earthing armoured on a sub-mains

    Guys, am doing a maisonette, the meter box is downstairs in the garage and the CU is approx 8 metres away so have pulled in some SWA as a sub-mains (25 mm2 3 core using one of the cores as the main earth). Have a CU that I can’t gland into, and the other end the SWA is going into the meter box...
    • robd
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    • armoured aus earth earthing gland isolator mains meter using
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia
  11. A

    Gland Sizing for 10mm2 SWA

    Sorry for this query but want to double check on this. I've terminated 10mm2 SWA before and always used a CW25 gland. However the knockouts on the enclosure I'm working on are 20mm and some sizing guides suggest a CW20 is suitable for 3 core 10mm2 SWA. Can anyone confirm whether a CW20...
  12. edexlab

    SWA gland locknut tool

    I find tightening the locknuts on Swa glands is always a struggle when theres a lip on the consumer units/dbs , usually use a combination of grips and adjustables/spanners even tried several types of bush spanners Be interested to hear what works for you lads!
  13. H

    SWA sizes confused

    hi guys and girls sorry to have to ask this and i know when i get the answer i will kick myself but i am getting confused over SWA cable sizes. i need to upgrade a garage and am looking to put in 6mm instead of the current 2.5 and want to use swa. i have been able to fined 6mm swa which i...
    • hunggaur
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    • aus black cable confused fuse gland sizes swa tahoma
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia
  14. M

    Just a little job price

    Hi just wondered what price u would charge to gland one end of a piece of armoured 4 core gland already supplied and connect to a battery charging unit for a staker truck took me 45 mins in total i was thinkin £45 or is that too much or too little
    • mars6394
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    • aus charge electrical work gland job little manchester price supplied
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Australia
  15. K

    SWA Gland (correct termination of)

    Topic of much debate... Is there reasons to fit the earth tag on the inside of the metal enclosure? The one about preventing corrosion does not wash with me as the enclosure is not IP68 rated thus cannot protect from corrosion inside. I have always been taught to fit brass tag on the outside...
    • Keef
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    • aus gland swa termination
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  16. L

    New Plastic Armoured Gland by pro term

    hiya, The Boss brought some of these in from the wholesalers, have any of you had the chance to have a go at making a gland off? with these plastic ones, there new from pro-term. there seriously easy to make off, and you don't really need any grips to tighten them. check em out on the home...

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