Gland SWA to BESA box (conduit box)

[happysteve]

Random Friday night question (tin hat on)... you can do this, right (gland SWA directly into a BESA box)? Splice to singles in the box using Wagos or similar. In terms of mechanical integrity and electrical continuity of the cpc, no different to using couplers etc... (although, different metals)?

It just seems such an obvious thing to do, but a Google image search (and a search through the forum) yields very little. I can't decide whether I've missed summat obvious, or it's so common that no-one feels the need to comment on it.

 

[Pete999]

Nothing wrong with that method, can't really see an alternative way of doing it

 

[davesparks]

Yes it's fine, I've done it many times with both SWA and micc.

 

[Simonslimline]

out of interest, what do you need to join? Nothing wrong with the method either. Common practice to gland straight in to conduit box on the commercial projects I'm working on.

 

[happysteve]

Thanks all. Was pretty sure... like I said it's a pretty obvious thing to do, but could find no evidence of it in text books, college notes etc. I've not got a specific job in mind, Simon, was just thinking about stuff.

 

[davesparks]

Before earthing nuts came along it was my preferred method for getting a good earth connection to the armour when entering a plastic CU.

 

[Andy78]

Thanks all. Was pretty sure... like I said it's a pretty obvious thing to do, but could find no evidence of it in text books, college notes etc. I've not got a specific job in mind, Simon, was just thinking about stuff.

Here's a pic. This method came in handy for a LED highbay job in a warehouse with our Klik bases mounted on the boxes. The boxes were fastened to the J sections the cables were run in.

 

[happysteve]

Here's a pic. This method came in handy for a LED highbay job in a warehouse with our Klik bases mounted on the boxes. The boxes were fastened to the J sections the cables were run in.
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Nice!

Were you tapping off different phases for different fittings?

 

[Andy78]

Each row was on a different phase, but mitigation of stroboscopic effects was not really a design consideration in this instance.

 

[westward10]

It is a bitch fitting them Klix roses on a BESA box the amount of insulation faults I have traced to snagged insulation at one if those.

 

[Andy78]

It is a bitch fitting them Klix roses on a BESA box the amount of insulation faults I have traced to snagged insulation at one if those.

Yes, we had to use extension rings on these due to using 4mm cable.