Discuss multi strand 2.5mm T&E - is it OK to use? in the Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations area at ElectriciansForums.net
see my las t post. re-read it . have to go to specsavers. apologies , mate.
Hi
Solid is not used because it is not flexible enough, takes longerto get straight and is not so easily twisted together.
Reg ****.** "thou shalt not twist thy cpcs!"
never seen 2.5 multi stranded twe in harmonised colours only in OLD cables
About time the UK caught up. Been using stranded power cables in Australia for years. As for cost?? It was actually cheaper there to buy stranded than solid, as no-one used solid, preferring the cable that is far far easier to work with and terminate.
Alas, I rarely do electrical work here in the Uk. Guess I have been spoiled, hey??
I don't know why the UK doesn't make more use of stranded cables, they are far superior than that of the solid core cables
Think i've already mentioned on a previous thread that we only use stranded metric cables on our project, we just don't use solid core cables. Come to that, you won't see any T&E cable on this project either!! lol!!
About time the UK caught up. Been using stranded power cables in Australia for years. As for cost?? It was actually cheaper there to buy stranded than solid, as no-one used solid, preferring the cable that is far far easier to work with and terminate.
Alas, I rarely do electrical work here in the Uk. Guess I have been spoiled, hey??
Do you use stranded wiring like cabtyre (HO7RNF type) cable View attachment 24361
or much courser stranded like house wire? View attachment 24362
The courser stranded building wire of course. Basically the equivalent to the older imperial wires/cables. 85+ % of all our installations are metal containment, so will generally be 105 C insulated singles....
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