I plan to install steel conduit (used as cpc) in a garage / workshop. I intend to run the conduit in a complete loop around the garage, i.e. starting at one point, going around all four walls and then back to the point at which I started. I want to do this because it makes wiring easier, i.e. lighting goes one way round, sockets go the other way round, but there is some overlap of lighting and socket wiring at the far end, which is why the conduit is in a loop ... I think that this is ok.
I plan to run both legs of the RFC together to make sure there can be no current imbalance, which might cause eddie currents, but is this strictly necessary? Could the RFC cabling be run around the conduit in a loop, going in one end of the conduit and coming out the other end. I think that in theory the currents in the L & N of each leg of the ring should be the same, but I'm wondering if this can be relied on in practice, e.g. a high resistance joint in either the L or N could cause a current imbalance between L & N in each leg of the RFC.
I think I will run both legs together to avoid this possibility, but I was wondering what others thought about this.
I plan to run both legs of the RFC together to make sure there can be no current imbalance, which might cause eddie currents, but is this strictly necessary? Could the RFC cabling be run around the conduit in a loop, going in one end of the conduit and coming out the other end. I think that in theory the currents in the L & N of each leg of the ring should be the same, but I'm wondering if this can be relied on in practice, e.g. a high resistance joint in either the L or N could cause a current imbalance between L & N in each leg of the RFC.
I think I will run both legs together to avoid this possibility, but I was wondering what others thought about this.
. back to OP. use a 4mm radial, then you have loads of room in a 3/4"! conduit for both circuits . a tad more in this new-fangled metric crap.
