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Good morning

I am just wondering what reference method is suitable for the old single core sheathed cables if they at some point enter an attic space under insulation.ive had a read through the regs book but still unsure

Cheers for any responses
Harry
 
All depends on thickness of insulation, how many yards of the cable are covered.
 
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Yards, @telectrix ?
electricity comes in metres these days.
meters. you put a shilling in and the leccy comes on. andi see the forum censors have been. half my last post deleted. seems a senseof humour is sadly lacking with some.
 
If the cable you are looking at is physically the same materials than regular t&e, just go with it.
Is it single-and-earth you’ve got there?
 
From reading those sections though it seems pretty clear they are only for twin and earth style flat cables and so I wouldn't consider this cable applicable so I'm still unsure

The Cable you have described is 'twin and earth style' it conforms to the same standard and is constructed from the same materials.
This cable is 6241Y, twin and earth is 6242Y and 3 core and earth is 6243Y.
 
We don’t know until OP confirms.
Singles and sheathed, or single and earth sheathed.

As long as he doesn’t say it’s 6491X.... then that’s a different issue
It looked like a
We don’t know until OP confirms.
Singles and sheathed, or single and earth sheathed.

As long as he doesn’t say it’s 6491X.... then that’s a different issue
It appeared to be a 6181y cablebwithout an earth. Just one single core grey sheath and black insulation inside of that
 

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