glad i cheked what id bought

[opm electrical]

i bought a board today with tails from a wholesaler i dont normally use, and i notced the name on it 'atlas kablo', it rang bells for the wrong reasons, so i went on the ACI website and found that atlas kablo have had their basec licence revoked, its never concerned me before because the wholesaler i normally use supply prysmian, ill be going to take them back tomorrow as i dont fancy putting my carrer on the line. has any one else been sold this garbage lately

 

[johnboy6083]

dont they make big cable too? ive used there 150 single core earths before

 

[Guest123]

Nationwide wholesaler or local independant??? naming no names though.

 

[rocker]

Bloody hell. Saw quite a bit of their twin on fleabay lately, just looked ropey to me so I didn't have any of it, glad I was right!

 

[opm electrical]

theyve got about 5 branches in north east

 

[Jimmy Boy]

Page 7 of this months professional electrician !....Edited qoute..." we are shocked by these findings...........it is clear the company has been making substandard cables in 2009...............are installations safe "

This is highly paraphrased and I can post the article with mods permission

 

[rocker]

Hmmm it's actually Turkish but has a big old fanbase in Poland and Eastern Europe, I'd be willing to wager a lot of that stuff is being bought over here whenever our cousins have a visit home.

Maybe it's just been the cable all along.....

 

[telectrix]

personally if it don't say basec on the cable, i won't buy it

 

[rocker]

This stuff does though..... they've had a basec licence until recently but it's thought they may have been making shoddy stuff (basec marked) since 2009.

I'm a bit worried now, I know i've not had any of their twin, but tails on the other hand - I wouldn't know.

 

[Jimmy Boy]

Shall I post the article and you move it to the 'Arms' lads ?

 

[andekoch]

I only buy 'good' branded cable eg prysmain or draka for these very reasons stated above. same with all the other stuff I use, no point cuttign corners too much. things are usually cheap for a good reason.