Question for electricians....

[User]

 

[GrumpyGregry]

is the grey cable armoured?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 4292442, member: 45"]Don't think so. Looks like the normal flat grey stuff you find in the walls.[/QUOTE]
Iqbal / ianae but should be protected if not armoured iirc.

 

[fossyant]

Ours was installed inside PVC pipe in the garage - spurred of the house. Fitted by an electrician 20years ago.

I've since ran an armoured cable to the summer house from the garage.

 

[Piemaster]

Socket and light switches in our garage have been like that from new - 18 y.o. build

 

[Lonestar]

Just wondered...found cable in my loft and it isn't armoured.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

It's called clipped direct. But been a while as I mainly push pens in an office now. When I am back in work tomorrow. I will check wiring regs.

 

[cardiac case]

I sometimes feel that we should live just a little more dangerously.

I believe there are laws governing pulleys and drive belts, even chains and their corresponding sprockets, in homes and workshops.
They should all be guarded. And don't even mention spoked wheels.


I have a 2.5 ring in my garage with 8 double sockets but by far the most dangerous item is the extension lead that plugs in and
drapes across the floor, just waiting to be cut.


I do hate this nanny state.
Paul G

 

[subaqua]

It's called clipped direct. But been a while as I mainly push pens in an office now. When I am back in work tomorrow. I will check wiring regs.

Correct. And no problem at all as not buried in ground.

Would have replied sooner but been on Lundy for a week. @User

Sounds like sparky mate trying to earn a quick buck.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

So sorry! I forgot about this thread.

 

[subaqua]

The only caveat I will put is that the cable will degrade in UV eventually if outside . But you will see this anyway as cable will craze .

If supplying equipment outside ( garage if detached is outside) then best practice to fit an RCD to the circuit. Will likely have been done if new build in last 5 years. At the point it degrades you can put z joint in and replace cable with another type if you want

 

[Nibor]

The only caveat I will put is that the cable will degrade in UV eventually if outside . But you will see this anyway as cable will craze .

If supplying equipment outside ( garage if detached is outside) then best practice to fit an RCD to the circuit. Will likely have been done if new build in last 5 years. At the point it degrades you can put z joint in and replace cable with another type if you want

If it is a new build the main distribution board will be fitter with an RCD as standard.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

If
[QUOTE 4297489, member: 45"]Thanks. It's an attached garage and the cable I'm talking about comes down from the eaves at the back of the garage to a twin socket (inside).[/QUOTE]

If it makes you feel better you can always put it in a piece of conduit

 

[Electric_Andy]

I had my garage done - was told a consumer unit was law, so had one fitted. Even though it comes from the main distribution board (modern one with RCD and all that), it still required a separate consumer unit in the garage.

 

[subaqua]

If it is a new build the main distribution board will be fitter with an RCD as standard.

Not necessarily. Depends on wiring routes for lighting . Sockets must be RCD protected in a domestic environment. The circuit to garage could be a sub main ( unlikely)