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<blockquote data-quote="saint elmo" data-source="post: 516804" data-attributes="member: 33984"><p>hi im redoing the bathroom and the 9.5kw shower is on cable pictured which has burnt at the connector block at some point its on a B32 MCB</p><p></p><p>im not sure what size this cable is?</p><p></p><p>the diameter of the individual conductors is between 4-5mm</p><p></p><p>the width of the overall cable is about 14mm</p><p></p><p>measuring the cable width it looks to be 6mm2 measuring the conductor looks to be a 10mm2</p><p></p><p>the earth is significantly smaller, slightly thicker than a 2.5mm2 conductor</p><p></p><p>pictured next to 2.5mm2 cable for comparison</p><p></p><p>when i put everything through the IEC calculator it says the earth size should be the same as live and neutral cable wrong anyway?</p><p></p><p>pictures found here sorry cannot direct upload to this site <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWqnxEf" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWqnxEf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saint elmo, post: 516804, member: 33984"] hi im redoing the bathroom and the 9.5kw shower is on cable pictured which has burnt at the connector block at some point its on a B32 MCB im not sure what size this cable is? the diameter of the individual conductors is between 4-5mm the width of the overall cable is about 14mm measuring the cable width it looks to be 6mm2 measuring the conductor looks to be a 10mm2 the earth is significantly smaller, slightly thicker than a 2.5mm2 conductor pictured next to 2.5mm2 cable for comparison when i put everything through the IEC calculator it says the earth size should be the same as live and neutral cable wrong anyway? pictures found here sorry cannot direct upload to this site [URL="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWqnxEf"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWqnxEf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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