Pyro and Mineral Insulated

[Tony Way]

Hi.

Just trying to take advantage of an opportunity that has come my way to work with a sound system installation company that works mainly in Grade I listed buildings from churches through universities. Being what they are, the usual spec for new/additional installs is pretty exacting and seems to always include Pyro and MI
I've never worked with either and wondered if anyone knows of anywhere in the Cambridge area that teaches/shows techniques etc.

Thanks guys

 

[telectrix]

there's a few videos on youtube. get the tools. beg, borrow, steal or buy some MICC and pots, and practice, practice. practice. use a IR ( megger) tester to prove your ends are OK.

 

[tazz]

Can only suggest, buy a few meters, to practice on...... every set you make test and make sure all is ok, Its a dying skill, but one worth mastering

 

[7029 dave]

Get all the gear,pm me and I will give you some lessons in MICC.:stooge_curly:

 

[tazz]

Get all the gear,pm me and I will give you some lessons in MICC.:stooge_curly:

Now there`s a good offer, you can`t refuse

 

[7029 dave]

Now there`s a good offer, you can`t refuse

He's not too far away Tazz.:stooge_curly: (I would an they would enjoy it)

 

[tazz]

He's not too far away Tazz.:stooge_curly: (I would an they would enjoy it)

Good on you for taking the time to help......hands on experience with pyro is just not being taught now. And I don`t care what anyone says, until a manufacture can find a substitute for pyro, there will always be a demand for it.....FP comes no where close, to this life saving cable.

 

[trev]

I'm a massive fan of the stuff, it's by far the best wiring method available. Done properly, a pyro system will outlast the person who installed it, There's some I did as a boy that are still going strong today

 

[shanky887614]

I'm a massive fan of the stuff, it's by far the best wiring method available. Done properly, a pyro system will outlast the person who installed it, There's some I did as a boy that are still going strong today

i havent dont many pyro ends but its not as hard as some people make it out to be, take your time and it will be fine

 

[tazz]

I get upset on jobs, where the construction company say rip the old pyro out.......on insulation testing its sill >999 m after 30 plus years...sad

 

[7029 dave]

i havent dont many pyro ends but its not as hard as some people make it out to be, take your time and it will be fine

Take your time with it, as you work with it all the more like anything becomes easy and quicker, the most important thing is to ir your ends on each term, must prove each time then flag out conductors.

 

[shanky887614]

Take your time with it, as you work with it all the more like anything becomes easy and quicker, the most important thing is to ir your ends on each term, must prove each time then flag out conductors.

i find pyro easy mate, when you know how its easy

 

[tazz]

And keep the blade well oiled or waxed......I actually used a candle to wax the pyro before i used the stripper, still protects the blade, but without messy oil or cutting compounds

 

[trev]

A little dab of vaseline on the end of the pyro works wonders. I've not tried the candle wax thing, but I will.

 

[Guest77]

Vaseline is the norm Tazz

 

[Guest77]

A little dab of vaseline on the end of the pyro works wonders. I've not tried the candle wax thing, but I will.

Gasp beat me too it lol

 

[tazz]

As long as you protect the blade, all should work......would say Vaseline may lengthen the life of the blade, just don`t like carrying vaseline in my tool box.....The lads give me funny looks...lol

 

[Lighthouse Phil]

In the process of re-wiring a lighthouse, first wired in the early 60's with MICC. The insulation was still excellent, it would have lasted another 20 or 30 years. Only reason the MICC is going is because the lighthouse is being converted to battery power / solar.
Cut my teeth installing MICC as a boy.

 

[Guest77]

As long as you protect the blade, all should work......would say Vaseline may lengthen the life of the blade, just don`t like carrying vaseline in my tool box.....The lads give me funny looks...lol

Yes and you may frighten the apprentices lol

 

[Engineer54]

Theres nothing much difficult in making the pots off on MICC, (depending on the size and or number of cores, along with the type of seal being used) the skill is in the installation itself and knowing the working properties of the copper sheath. Dressing multiple MICC cables on surface runs is probably the hardest skill to master.....