How not to Gland off an armoured

[Stevie h]

Pic of a 3phase n+e , 10mm , supplying this sites compressor's

4 core used and the armoured used for the earth

one small problem

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/ste5lfc/5520d99d.jpg

:C

 

[Revved Up Sparky]

The SWA is not in contact with the distribution board !. Is there a gland on it at all ?. It does'nt look like it.

 

[NozSpark]

That shows very well how to not gland off an armoured

Was there no room on the gland plate??

 

[Revved Up Sparky]

Stevie, you'll be telling us next that a spark installed it !

 

[NozSpark]

Just noticed,,, are those T&E's going through the same hole????

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They also nicked the insulation when the cut the bedding off

 

[Stevie h]

Yes its been dropped through a 25mm hole , no gland , but the SWA is used as the earth at the other end , some 50m away..... Hard to believe this factory is only 4 ish years old .... There are fair few other armoured's made off in a similar fashion > into some galve trunking then straight into the board , not investigated further yet , so im not sure if these are bonded to the glands at the other ends and one of the cores used as Earth ... doubt it and still rough if even if they are .

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/ste5lfc/a32c7b95.jpg

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/ste5lfc/ddb39793.jpg

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/ste5lfc/efb06e93.jpg

 

[revjames]

Also worth noting that the blue and brown are sitting on the edge of the chassis plate of the DB and without any glanding all the weight of the cable is on it - a big bang waiting to happen.

 

[Revved Up Sparky]

Thanks for the pics .. and IMHO... every SWA glanded onto a removable glanding plate should also have a supplementary earthing link from earth ring to earth bar.

 

[Stevie h]

Just noticed,,, are those T&E's going through the same hole????---------- Post Auto-Merged at 20:22 ---------- Previous post was made at 20:21 ----------

They also nicked the insulation when the cut the bedding off

Well spotted , the blue core has a nic in it, I'm OK to safely work on this board tmrw, so will start to put right .

 

[PC Electrics]

Some serious corner cutting gone on there, me thinks. Shocking!!

 

[sparkydude]

What a quality install, Was there still a bale of hay outside where the 'electrician' tied up his horse :^O

Nick