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at £17 each.... I think my ingenuity not only proves a cost effective and time efficient method of terminating screening but also shows when faced WITHOUT the *prefered* gland on a job there are nice tidy quick alternatives.
Don't poo on my party
I am INSTANTLY regretting posting this. lol :wheelchair:
If i was to use your method of incorporating the braid and CPC, at least i would use a stuffing gland into the enclosure!! What on earth are those things your using in the background entering the enclosure?? Look like some sort of PVC gland for plastic flexible conduit??
And yes, this arrangement would need some form of sleeving or heat shrink covering...
View attachment 19418View attachment 19419 Pluck the other cores from the center of the braid, leave the earth in, strip insulation from end of earth, twist together with SY screen and boot lace ferrule together. Perfecto. Less than 5 minutes work and a lovely neat job IMO.
Been using good quality SY gland about £3 each for a while now, £17 quid :ack2:..... must have seen you coming.
Seriously hope this is sarcasm ..... basic electrical common sense would tell you it should be earthed if used as a general purpose low voltage cable when permitted and grounded if used for its original design as a screened control wire, either way it would be earthed in some manner or other.Just read this lot, and uh, so the braid on SY is supposed to be earthed eh?
Everydays a schoolday!
Seriously hope this is sarcasm ..... basic electrical common sense would tell you it should be earthed if used as a general purpose low voltage cable when permitted and grounded if used for its original design as a screened control wire, either way it would be earthed in some manner or other.
I see it used all the time with screen taped off unearthed, its unbelievable how many so called competent sparks and engineers use SY without earthing it ... it scares me that just because the reg's dont specifically cover this set-up as its a cable been used outside its original design that they cant use there electrical knowledge and theory to make a judgement call ....well either that or they have just blagged their way through their career jobs.
Hence i asked you TFS2012
Know what you mean mate, sarcasms a bit hit n miss when delivering through the internet!
We have Smiley symbols for that
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