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    External armoured cable

    Please can a qualified electrician help me please! I have just had a studio built at the end of my garden, and they have left the armoured cable running overground alongside the outside wall. But it hasn’t been clipped or anything! Is this illegal?? If so, What section of electrical regs is...
  2. J

    Terminating armoured in meter box

    Evening all. I have to supply a garage conversion with a 16mm armoured running 40 meters away from the main house. I was thinking about coming off the Henley blocks (in the meter cupboard) into a TIME DELAYED RCD board, with a 63 amp Mcb, then glanding the 16mm armoured into the board. I was...
  3. S

    Armoured cable

    Hi All. Can you help. I have a Driveway light fitted to a Junction box fitted to armoured cable with gland goes underground comes into house under stairs, but Not connected. How would this be connected with on/off switch and so i could have some sort of timer. Thank you for help.
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    Armoured cable & T&E

    Hi All, I have a job to install 6mm supply to a small outbuilding. Ideally i would run SWA all the way from Meter box(im taking it from Henley block) to the outbuilding, but not in this case. Cable will have to go through the kitchen area. So im thinking to have 6mm t&e in trunking, it's only...
  5. D

    EICR aluminium armoured cable

    I'm doing another EICR, I still don't like doing them, and still seem to attract the weird/unusual/uncommon stuff. This time I'm faced with aluminium armoured cables. My question is, does anyone have datasheets, or could anyone point me in the right direction for finding information on these...
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    Armoured cable size 1.5

    Hello all , In the garden there is 1.5 3 core armoured cable running from the exterior wall to an outside socket , the power is from a socket inside the house (on the interior of the same wall) I know the sockets are wired in 2.5 but why is the armoured 1.5 ? Thanks
  7. S

    Armoured Cable Calculations

    Hmmm, Could anybody tell me which table I use for calculating armoured cable sizes in the on-site guide? I'm self teaching and failing :-(
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    3 core armoured cable to meter tails

    Hello, There is a 3 core underground armoured cable that emerges into a small "plant" room and from there it will connect to the consumer unit which is a fair distance and inside the property. A previous electrician (left when coronavirus) has already run meter tails between plant room and...
  9. J

    Glands for 1.5mm armoured cable

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew which size gland to use for a 1.5mm armoured cable. It has an outer diameter of 12-13mm. I've used 20mm compression glands on hi tuff cable, but i remember the cable would go through. So just wanted to make sure this time. Thanks
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    Armoured and mdpe

    Evening, I am supplying services to my detached garage. I have laid a 750mm trench for the mdpe pipe, back filled ready for the armoured cable to go on top. I am bringing the mdpe pipe up under my patio which has a purpose built storage area underneath (with t-bar construction) then carrying...
  11. M

    Armoured Cable seems to have no earth

    I have been helping my dad in the garage and we have an armoured cable with 4 wires. Red - Live Yellow - live via a switch Black - neutral Blue - is just taped at the end these were connected to an old garage consumer unit. There does not seem to be a earth wire? Testing with a light : Red...
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    what type of armoured cable for outside sockets & lights

    hi all, i was directed to this forum by my neighbor seeking some advice and help at present, I'm having my front garden dug out so I can make a driveway for my mobility car. i was wondering, one day I will be getting an electric car, so if I have opportunity to lay cable now before they put...
  13. M

    Connecting mains to armoured

    Hi I currently have a normal mains cable from the house to the shed where a consumer unit is used to connect the shed and a 3 core armoured cable runs from there to the workshop and a second consumer unit. I need to move the shed. The armoured cable wont reach the house. How can I connect the...
  14. D

    6mm Armoured Cable

    Hello there. I have a garage with existing 6mm square armoured cable running to it which was installed by a professional from a fused spur in the kitchen. I am moving this supply to my shed at the end of the garden because I am knocking the garage down so was just going to join the supply and...
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    UK Driveway light

    Ive got a driveway light on armoured cable. The cable comes into the house under the stairs. Can I put a plug on this cable and plug into a RCD socket.
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    Terminating armoured...

    Morning all, When terminating armoured into a Cu on the outside of the casing I.e sides, top, bottom, we use a gland this is straight forward but what if the cable comes into the back of the Cu how do you terminate safely and sturdy it in that case? Surely thru a grommet with relevant fire...
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    Armoured cable size

    Hi I am having my garden landscaped and using the opportunity to put services in a trench in preparation for a garden studio/office build in the summer.May put a shower and water heater in as well.Approx 55 meters from house fuse board to office location. What size of armoured cable should I use ?
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    Strange N-E fault on armoured cable supply to sub-main

    I've installed a garage consumer unit sub-main to an outbuilding in 16mm 3 core armoured, the insulation tests all come back fine - +800Mohms on a 500 volt test but when I power up the installation I get 90 volts leaking to Earth from Neutral and i'm not sure why. The Garage RCD also doesn't...
  19. Amnesh Singh

    UK Using Armoured as CPC, how to carry R1+R2

    Can anyone please help me, HOW to Calculate R1+R2 on 4 core three phase & neutral SWA, Armour Steel Sheet is Used as CPC. How to fill the Electrical Installation Form. This scenario is in AM2 Inspection and testing filling Certs Exam? Please reply with best answers. Any members those who took...
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    Under ground service to weather head or service head.

    What is common practice when hooking Armoured cable to a weather head. Do I need a aluminum weather head or is a threaded PVC one ok? Do I use a weather head with threads so my teck connector can screw straight in.....do I need ground bushings at both ends? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks,
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    • armoured cable canada common doing ground service service head under underground weather
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