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As opposed to banning T&E, IS 201 has changed the requirements for it. This has been in the pipeline for a number of years, with the Amendment to the Wiring Rules being implemented from last Tuesday. What this means is that all sizes of T&E now have an insulated cpc instead of a bare cpc. Also the cpc is of the same cross-sectional area as the live conductors. The use of the old type T&E from the 5th September 2017 has been prohibited.
Any idea why these requirements were brought in? Have there been any incidents which have occurred as a result of uninsulated CPC's or some technical reason for the change?
Do the regulations generally require cpcs to be of the same CSA as the line conductor in all wiring, or is it unique to T&E? Are you permitted to calculate the require s size of CPC if using singles for example?