How to deal with Pyro Cable?

[Deleted member 26818]

you can't just bury a live cable. nobody will know it's there unles there's an accessory or a blanked box to indicate the presence of cable.

According to the Regs you can.

 

[Deleted member 93172]

I think I'm getting too old for this game, just a cut a micc and seal it, what with candle wax and tape ffs and they say us oldies are dinosaurs and move over and make way for the new generation, frightening very very frightening.

 

[Pete999]

Apply to someone to start a course on how to deal with MICC

 

[cashnotakite]

to be honest OP just cut it,tape it over and tuck it away. It's perfectly fine that way. The way people go OTT about safe isolation is quite frankly ridiculous

 

[DPG]

to be honest OP just cut it,tape it over and tuck it away. It's perfectly fine that way. The way people go OTT about safe isolation is quite frankly ridiculous

Really? Just leave a live cable hidden away where nobody knows where it is? And charge the customer? Daz

 

[Pete999]

to be honest OP just cut it,tape it over and tuck it away. It's perfectly fine that way. The way people go OTT about safe isolation is quite frankly ridiculous

Are you having a laugh?

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Since this thread has gone off course a bit:
OP: An MI seal is not for 'sealing off' the end of a disused cable, it is for preventing moisture getting into the end of a completed termination. Sealing an end leaves the bare conductors poking out ready for sleeving and connecting up. The only reason you would want to seal a disused cable would be to prevent moisture ingress in case it was to be used again in the future - in any case it should be disconnected at source.

 

[cashnotakite]

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[cashnotakite]

Are you having a laugh?

No,no definitely not gramps. By the time you've shelled out for glands, pots,seals,neoprene,stripper and a crimper because only old geezers like you still own them its not worth it. I mean, dont get me wrong, as an old soldier who's spent years grumbling in the game like you knows full well you still charge him full expenses. I'm sure you've pulled more than a trick or twenty like that over the years

cliff notes: rinse him and move on

 

[westward10]

No,no definitely not gramps. By the time you've shelled out for glands, pots,seals,neoprene,stripper and a crimper because only old geezers like you still own them its not worth it. I mean, dont get me wrong, as an old soldier who's spent years grumbling in the game like you knows full well you still charge him full expenses. I'm sure you've pulled more than a trick or twenty like that over the years

cliff notes: rinse him and move on

Skilled electricians carry gear for making off MIÇC cables, your comments are offensive and are of no value what so ever.

 

[freddo]

Indeed! I have a full kit of MI tools for all sizes of pots including imperial, not to mention a small oxygen/gas torch for drying/annealing/silver soldering as needed, various roller straightners, blocks of wood with grooves cut in them, rubber mallets, bending levers...
I'm 28

 

[DPG]

Cashnotakite carries a roll of tape and hammer from what I can tell. Daz.

 

[westward10]

Cashnotakite carries a roll of tape and hammer from what I can tell. Daz.[/QUOTE

The tape for his fingers after squashing them with the hammer?

 

[7029 dave]

Sad really, how such an every day task, for any sparkie worth his salt. side of the times.!

 

[flyingsparky]

Whoever you call will need the tools to terminate the cable and probably an imperial gland, pot and seal to make off the end correctly. You cannot just cut the end and whack it in a junction box. It's a very temperamental cable if not treated well, not unlike my wife!!

 

[flyingsparky]

Whoever you call will need the tools to terminate the cable and probably an imperial gland, pot and seal to make off the end correctly. You cannot just cut the end and whack it in a junction box. It's a very temperamental cable if not treated well, not unlike my wife!!

 

[Pete999]

No,no definitely not gramps. By the time you've shelled out for glands, pots,seals,neoprene,stripper and a crimper because only old geezers like you still own them its not worth it. I mean, dont get me wrong, as an old soldier who's spent years grumbling in the game like you knows full well you still charge him full expenses. I'm sure you've pulled more than a trick or twenty like that over the years

cliff notes: rinse him and move on

Cheeky young git

 

[john4703]

I must be getting old, I just can't believe that anyone working as a spark does not know how to terminate Pyro. I love pyro, easy to use, looks neat, lasts forever (well near enough as no plastic to deteriorate.
Do they not teach this nowadays?

 

[Gnasher]

Are you. Saying that there is a single pyro cable leaving the house spurred off the ring?
If this is the case can you not re terminate the pyro into a suitable IP rated box fixed to the building terminating the conductors inside.

Not used pyro for some time it is a bit of a black art now and would think that not many sparkies would be able to do it nowadays.

Might be worth carrying out an IR test on the circuit prior to carrying out any work on pyro. Should last for ever if not disturbed but worth checking to confirm condition and if your work has caused any issues.

Would be interesting to understand your competencies, qualifications, and experiences following your initial comments and suggestions.

 

[flyingsparky]

Pyro is a great cable, we will soon be starting a big lighting contract in a very old church and all the cabling will be bare pyro. If it's installed correctly and dressed right it just disappears after a while. I think I'm right in saying that most, if not all older churches must still be wired using it.