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Hello can anyone tell me whether white PVC twin and earth is still allowed to be used. I knw it was made obsolete in 2008 but was just unsure if it is acceptable to use and also to get the job certified. Cheers in advance
 
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Yea..ouch
 
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Engineer54 said:
Don't think the question of old colours came up in the OP's query!! As for white sheaths now being classified as LSF, i think that ALL cables insulation and sheaths should be LSF, it's got to make perfectly good sense. I know that all the cables on my projects over the last 20 years or so, certainly have been....
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I took the OP's question to be about old colours. The reason I mentioned it is because harmonisation referred only to the insulation colours and not the sheath colours.
So to answer the question - yes you can still use cable with white sheath, but not if it has red and black insulation.
 
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Kate said:
Aint it just. Smashed myself in face many times thanks to LSF stripping..usually sub zero temps too
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score it down the middle with a stanley first. same as with 6mm and 10mm. then the cpc will pull out easily without snapping.
 
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atm84 said:
Years ago, talking circa over 10 years white twin and earth was sold in DIY stores and grey twin and earth wasn't available. I was informed by my senior that this was so an electrician could tell if a DIYer had been having a go at their electrics, whether this was true or not. Most recently white twin and earth denotes that that cable is low smoke and fume.
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What a load of tosh, I was installing white-sheathed T&E along with grey years ago, totally interchangeably, just used whichever I had at the time. Couldn't have cared less if the sheath was bright pink!
 
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Kate said:
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My brother got distracted by me whilst stripping cable in a confined cupboard

The cutters caught him a little lower than they did in your picture,his eye was dealt a mortal blow
When in hospital,the sister frightened the life out of me by saying that to lose one eye,it could seriously effect the other
The prospect of him going blind was very worrying

Be very careful in the future folks when stripping with cutters and never ever pull them towards you,it can go wrong so very quickly

Up till then I had witnessed a couple of gashed eyelids and brows with usually inexperienced mates and would chuckle at the mishap of these near misses,howecer, never since that occasion has these sort of mishaps been taken lightly by me
It can be a tough world out there with cutters folks,so be very careful won't you
 
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Ummm....I was sat on a drum of cable. Mp3 playing. Twist and shout came on. I did some dance/bum jiggling hit in eyebrow.

Thought I was crying from one eye...carpenter took that photo show me.

Sometimes I pull up, sometimes to the right.

Yea knuckles normally come off worse
 
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Kate said:
Ummm....I was sat on a drum of cable. Mp3 playing. Twist and shout came on. I did some dance/bum jiggling hit in eyebrow.

Thought I was crying from one eye...carpenter took that photo show me.

Sometimes I pull up, sometimes to the right.

Yea knuckles normally come off worse
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Ahh the famous sparky work dance...
Yes many have come off the dance floor hurt after showing their moves!!

Luckily never have myself but apparently made others ears bleed while singing.

:D
 
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I am master of the sparky work dance :)

Ahhh singing...its a safety rule on building sites, lets people know where you are, no singing means theres been an accident.

Even better when everyone joins into a classic..had groups singing bohemian rhapsody and build me up buttercup.
 
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I always follow the very old golden rule when working with knives;

"Cut towards your mate not yourself"

It's not as dangerous as it sounds, your mate should never be close enough to get hit but it's a good way to remind yourself.
 
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Kate said:
I am master of the sparky work dance :)

Ahhh singing...its a safety rule on building sites, lets people know where you are, no singing means theres been an accident.

Even better when everyone joins into a classic..had groups singing bohemian rhapsody and build me up buttercup.
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I dont work on site so never done that but have irritated many a person singing on gantries and sat on ladder racking above the celling so people know not who/where I am lol

Ive overheard some convos I wish I hadnt in the past as well :s
 
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Kate said:
Ive had convos about that lol. Thats nothing!! Its when you're in the room while people talk about feltching...yea now thats one I didnt want to know!!!
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No man wants to know about that.....
Body parts after child birth was another one!
Oh and one about toys as well.....

Womens convos are so vulgar when they think they are alone :s
Really do put guys to shame!!
 
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When I first heard feltch...I though it was a fart and a belch at same time!!!

Only women convos I have are about men or shoes. Tbf I dont know that many women anymore. Get on with guys better.
 
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