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Black Flexible plastic conduit seems the buzz product with YouTuber electricians.
I must admit it does look better than mini trunking.

I believe YouTube electricians are not too popular on here. I think it looks nice as I say.
 
I'm not a fan of the plastic flexi pipe idea. I think it looks a bit of a lash up in that video.

If you're building a portfolio of work then non-combustible cable support for systems would be a good idea. Not sure if that gets addressed in the video as I've only skimmed it.
 
Yes it is each to their own to a certain extent, but most of us would look at an installation which appears to be all flexible conduit clipped to a wall and assume it has been done by a DIYer.

Being a trainee earns you a fair amount of slack as far as replies to your posts go, but that is really getting quite close to insulting quite a few people and might make people less inclined to try and help.
I believe YouTube electricians are not too popular on here. I think it looks nice as I say.
First of all I’m not a DIY I’m a master Electrician and have been since 2001 and I am in no kind of way trying to insult anybody we are just talking about the way UK and the USA do things I am not insulting nobody and y’all obviously are great at what y’all do.
 
I'm not a fan of the plastic flexi pipe idea. I think it looks a bit of a lash up in that video.

If you're building a portfolio of work then non-combustible cable support for systems would be a good idea. Not sure if that gets addressed in the video as I've only skimmed it.

I don’t think that does. Have you a link to the product. As I may use them rather than the conduit and clips.
 
I believe YouTube electricians are not too popular on here. I think it looks nice as I say.

I have no issue at all with celebrity youtuber sparkies.

Infact I quite admire how they can juggle being an electrician and youtuber celebrity at the same time.
 
I have no issue at all with celebrity youtuber sparkies.

Infact I quite admire how they can juggle being an electrician and youtuber celebrity at the same time.
RDB it doesn’t matter what you think I know how to do electrical work and we are going to leave it at that. I’m done with this conversation and I’m surprised Dave hasn’t fussed yet cause we are way off on the main post. This is no competition
 
RDB it doesn’t matter what you think I know how to do electrical work and we are going to leave it at that. I’m done with this conversation and I’m surprised Dave hasn’t fussed yet cause we are way off on the main post. This is no competition

Why do you think all these posts are aimed at you ? They aren't. This is not your thread. You really need to pay attention.
 
Why do you think all these posts are aimed at you ? They aren't. This is not your thread. You really need to pay attention.
RDB took it in that direction and if you read his reply’s he starts insulting my intelligence
 
I am not trying to insult anyone. It is not my style, words can be misinterpreted. But I am trying to build a portfolio of work, I am trying to show that I have used various cables and have added in some mechanical protection, although not needed, to me it looks better and more pleasing when in place.

Also I have seen this guy who is fully qualified use flexible conduit:

Yeah he does, and it looks like a DIYer has been at it in my opinion, but maybe I'm a little old fashioned in my methods. The last shed I wired was done in bare MICC.
Flexible conduit is generally suitable for short links between fixed items of equipment and items which may have a bit of movement or vibration. For example you might use flexible conduit to go from an isolator to an adjacent fixed piece of machinery.

As far as mechanical protection goes flexible plastic conduit is mechanically less strong than the NYY-J cable so will offer no advantage in that instance.
 
Yeah he does, and it looks like a DIYer has been at it in my opinion, but maybe I'm a little old fashioned in my methods. The last shed I wired was done in bare MICC.
Flexible conduit is generally suitable for short links between fixed items of equipment and items which may have a bit of movement or vibration. For example you might use flexible conduit to go from an isolator to an adjacent fixed piece of machinery.

As far as mechanical protection goes flexible plastic conduit is mechanically less strong than the NYY-J cable so will offer no advantage in that instance.

I will probably just send it back, and go for the SWA clips if ones could be recommended. I just thought it may look a bit nicer, that’s all.
 
I personally don't like 25mm metal tube and for the reasons above won't use it.

I can't think of a single time where I would use 25mm metal tube
It has it's uses, usually industrial, wiring 3 phase machines or multi switches....used loads over the years.
I came across some sockets, newish job, in a factory. For some reason they were done in 25mm. It looked a real mess, to tell the truth.....hardly a natural bend...all inspection elbows....yuk!.....and non RCD sockets....so to change they'd need re boxing and drilling out to suit.
 
I can't think of a single time where I would use 25mm metal tube

This seems like a very odd statement, surely you would use 25mm conduit or larger when the size, or number, of cables requires it?

The way I was taught to install a conduit system was to run a 25mm main run with 20mm taken from that to each switch, socket or other point. This is usually sufficient to get a ring, lighting circuit and a radial circuit through for a small installation.
 
This seems like a very odd statement, surely you would use 25mm conduit or larger when the size, or number, of cables requires it?

The way I was taught to install a conduit system was to run a 25mm main run with 20mm taken from that to each switch, socket or other point. This is usually sufficient to get a ring, lighting circuit and a radial circuit through for a small installation.

Sorry

I should have said in a domestic application
 

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