Bootlace ferrules French or German colours

[Selfmade]

Hi Folks

TLC have bootlace ferrules in French or German colours. Is it legit to use these in the UK? If so, is either preferable and why? And why have these not been harmonized?

 

[SparkyChick]

I'm using the German colour scheme because I dislike their political leaders only slightly less than I dislike the French political leaders

France and Germany... harmonise... LOL! It will never happen. Make the rules for everyone else to follow and then say screw it, we're doing our own thing

In all seriousness, I think it's down to either a stated standard where the work is being carried out or you're own personal preference and what's available at your wholesaler.

 

[Octopus]

Surely they use the same colours as the UK - EU harmonisation and all that clap trap

 

[Selfmade]

Lol, should have guessed this one would get political! Personally I don't like any political leaders, and as for civil servants...

I'd always assumed our red, blue and yellow butt splice crimps were a harmonized standard (never really thought about it). But now I do think about it, maybe it's a Romanian one based on their flag.

I guess it doesn't really matter as they are not used to identify the conductor - just to identify the size of ferrule so once selected the colour is irrelevant.

 

[Toneyz]

Surely they use the same colours as the UK - EU harmonisation and all that clap trap

Agree, I thought that was the reason why we changed all our cable colours. (the old ones were much easier to identify in the dark)

 

[Octopus]

Agree, I thought that was the reason why we changed all our cable colours. (the old ones were much easier to identify in the dark)

Quite ......... as usual the UK the only ones to follow the rules

Can we go back to red and black?

 

[Toneyz]

Quite ......... as usual the UK the only ones to follow the rules

Can we go back to red and black?

And the cable was cheaper when it was red and black.

 

[LeeH]

Just pick one and stick with it.

Nothing more annoying that having both schemes in your crimp box.

 

[timbobelfast]

As Lee says, stick to one or the other!

I have to dig through red and blacks for 1.5mm bootlace when I'm looking for 1.00mm! At the end of day the the conductor will be identified by other means.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Use any colours you like. They are only coloured to help you pick the right one out of the box, unlike cables which are coloured to identify their function. I've always used French.

 

[telectrix]

i only use black ones to match my logo's shirt. if the wires don't fit, clip a few strands off. .

 

[Bobster]

French standard are the most commonly used in the UK.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

If you buy Wriggleys Extra, Mentos and M&Ms in the plastic pots, you can use them as colour coded containers.

 

[Selfmade]

Thanks all for the advice! I went for
Deutsch Farbschema Ferrulen in the end (had to look that up!) as the 1.5 and 2.5 are red and blue respectively, the same as our butt splices.

 

[Selfmade]

i only use black ones to match my logo's shirt. if the wires don't fit, clip a few strands off. .

Your logo's shirt? Shirley that should be your shirt's logo?

 

[ipf]

How could they be harmonized when they're coloured as per size. You'd have umpteen colours per size.....what a mix up.

 

[freddo]

French.

 

[telectrix]

thefrench have only 3 colours.

1. run away.
2 i surrender
3. your mother is german.

 

[Selfmade]

How could they be harmonized when they're coloured as per size. You'd have umpteen colours per size.....what a mix up.

Don't follow you

 

[Dave OCD]

He's saying to have them coloured to match the cable colour they're fitted to AND colour coded to conductor size would result in far too many needed to be practical.