EICR SWA not buried.

[robd]

Hi All,

Just writing up an EICR I did today, got a long garden with SWA feeding shed at bottom, armoured not earthed (code 2) but I also noticed for part of it's run, near the veg patch, the SWA is lying across the ground. It doesn't meet 522.8.10 so I'm guessing code 2 and a recommendation that either I drag it out and cleat to fence or I get my spade out again.

Anyone got any thoughts on a code?

 

[7029 dave]

Just asking how is swa not earthed?, no banjo's, not terminated correctly.?

 

[robd]

No banjo.

 

[cossie400]

C3 surely?

 

[Octopus]

C2 for no earth connection. No code for it being on the ground. Better that than 2 inches under!

 

[Geordie Spark]

No banjo.

Get your banjo here!!! >>>>>>>>> Dueling Banjos - YouTube

 

[cossie400]

Out of interest, is the armouring being used as a CPC?

 

[7029 dave]

Get your banjo here!!! >>>>>>>>> Dueling Banjos - YouTube

Southern comfort what a film. lol

 

[cossie400]

Southern comfort what a film. lol

What a drink! Reminds me, I put it down somewhere....

 

[robd]

Which one? To my mind the lack of earthing is a 2 because if someone sticks a spade through it the armoured is not earthed and the cable sitting above the surface is possibly a 2 because of the likelihood that you could stick a spade through it and that it doesn't meet 522.8.10 which says it should be buried at sufficient depth to avoid being damaged, although it doesn't mention laying across the top.

 

[robd]

No Cossie 3 core cable. Thanks guys for the other thoughts

 

[Guest77]

Have you actually tested the armouring to see if there is continuity to earth?

 

[robd]

Yes, no continuity

 

[GMES]

Southern comfort what a film. lol

Dave although I agree that southern comfort is a fantastic film, I thought dueling Banjo's was from the the other classic Deliverance

 

[dingledong]

I agree jdm the actually wiring only needs to be earthed at one end of the swa has a separate earth in it

 

[elliot123]

Sometimes maybe be better on the surface of a flower bed so that any one with a spade would notice it before then decide to plant a tree and dig two foot down

 

[dingledong]

Yes make the cable noticeable

 

[Robotstar5]

Get your banjo here!!! >>>>>>>>> Dueling Banjos - YouTube

I think the Mark Kroos version takes some beating

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Always better to be able to see it. Even strewn across the garden. Im with Murdoch.

 

[snowhead]

People tend not to stick knives and forks into cables laid across carpets, so I'm pretty sure people wouldn't normally stick a spade into a cable on the surface of a garden.

Maybe all flexes should be buried beyond the depth of an average knife and fork.