Any one know what this is ?

[valleybilly]

Found this supplying a garage 30 + meters away an it aint SWA ! . Its like oval shaped and made of something like garden hose material with singles inside 6mm csa . Its coming out of the cu and Yes ' its going into the dog house then on to the garage . It then changes colour ( Orange this time/ sub CU ) then on to 5 x lamp posts +. Installing an rcbo system as the earth leakage is 20ma and all curcuits are on 1 rcd with constant tripping Durrrrrrrrr lol

 

[Pete999]

Found this supplying a garage 30 + meters away an it aint SWA ! . Its like oval shaped and made of something like garden hose material with singles inside 6mm csa . Its coming out of the cu and Yes ' its going into the dog house then on to the garage . It then changes colour ( Orange this time/ sub CU ) then on to 5 x lamp posts +. Installing an rcbo system as the earth leakage is 20ma and all curcuits are on 1 rcd with constant tripping Durrrrrrrrr lol

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Old style time clock base?

 

[snowhead]

The cable looks like the stuff from 60's council flats, buried in the concrete.

 

[westward10]

An old Horstmann time clock enclosure, and that does indeed look like an old prefabricated wiring system like Octoflex.

 

[valleybilly]

Was this stuff legal back then for this use ? Im not that old u c

 

[valleybilly]

They basically got this place for 500k n had no eicr done and im picking up the pieces say no more chaps

 

[westward10]

Was this stuff legal back then for this use ? Im not that old u c

Yes it was okay but it never really caught on.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Octaflex which was made by Hartly Electromotives Ltd or Simplex made by the Simplex electric Co Ltd,
Octaflex required brass ferrules for any joints between outlet boxes ect.
simplex required crimps and heat-shrink sleeve for any joints.
the "idea" was that all the cable was pre-cut to size before delivery to sites such, as identical blocks of flats and council estates were all the houses where of identical design.
these systems where available as far back as 1969, but I can't be sure when they became commercially available.

I think it was white sheathing for lighting , orange for power, blue for cooker.

The above is taken from the IET forum...Its all I could really find about it. I have never seen the stuff and only became aware of it a few weeks ago on here from a similar thread and @westward10 naming it

 

[valleybilly]

Yes it was okay but it never really caught on.

So it was legal to BS then in 60s + instal method ? .

 

[westward10]

So it was legal to BS then in 60s + instal method ? .

If was a perfectly acceptable method, it may be thought you can rewire through the tubes but it is nigh on impossible.

 

[valleybilly]

If blue was for cooker ' how was this cale acceptable for external use ?

 

[Snafu]

I remember putting that stuff in as an apprentice circa 1988. Only used it on one job mind, about 40 flats in South London. Like others have said it was deemed to be rewireable but in practice, bob hope!

 

[Leesparkykent]

If blue was for cooker ' how was this cale acceptable for external use ?

Due to what it was designed for I would believe its not suitable for external use.

 

[westward10]

If blue was for cooker ' how was this cale acceptable for external use ?

Know idea why that section is draped across externally.

 

[valleybilly]

Know idea why that section is draped across externally.

That pic is of it going from the cu into the dog kennal external with singles exposed and then down into the ground +40mtr to the garage. Then the orange type to the lamp posts some 40 mtrs after that

 

[Leesparkykent]

That pic is of it going from the cu into the dog kennal external with singles exposed and then down into the ground +40mtr to the garage. Then the orange type to the lamp posts some 40 mtrs after that

Needs ripping out.

 

[snowhead]

Needs ripping out.

And the 20ma leakage, which will be in the lamp posts, needs finding and clearing

 

[valleybilly]

Changing the cu tommorow to rcbo so up to them after that. Comments page will be full lol

 

[valleybilly]

Thanks for the heads up guys

 

[DPG]

There's a special section in the 18th regs for electrical supplies to dog kennels. Daz