I rewired a house in bell cable today

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Well not exactly. Anyone else used this stuff. I dont like it, difficult to pull cable against cable and tricky to make it all look neat. Its similar to stuff i have seen in Canada

 

[steptoe]

more and more of the T&E Ive been using lately has been like this,

personally I find it spot on.

nothing wrong with any of it Ive used,

I wouldnt want to be using it surface though, it just wouldnt look so nice as the 'other' stuff.

so what do we call it, ? cant be 'flat' T&E can it? :|

 

[batty]

Same as some of Prysmian although Draka are part of that group.

 

[NozSpark]

I've seen it, but I've only used bits of 6 & 10mm before,,,, and it was ok, nothing special

 

[kme]

FoE mate.

I had a roll of the 4mm - and I liked it - really easy to work.

I also like this stuff:

Guardian cable BS8436 | building wire | BASEC

It`s the dog`s danglies Really nice to work, bends well......stranded; the CPC is the same Dia. as the other cores....... and you don`t have to use RCD when buried in walls

 

[steptoe]

oh my gawd,

is the UK finally starting to come out of the dark ages?

that cable is proper cable,!

about time we started using it here.

at F'in last, maybe now we will start to drift away from RF's too at long last.

 

[unphased]

Well not exactly. Anyone else used this stuff. I dont like it, difficult to pull cable against cable and tricky to make it all look neat. Its similar to stuff i have seen in Canada

Never mind the cable. Rewiring a house IN ONE DAY. That is impressive. :coat

 

[streetlighter]

Looks like the ROMEX cable they use in america

 

[revjames]

used this in NZ only centre core earth was same size as live conductors and had insulation on it ie no need for sleeving. Easier to strip for one thing... I like it

 

[steptoe]

Looks like the ROMEX cable they use in america

I think the UK is about the only country in the world NOT to use it, or something similar.

 

[Stevie h]

I recently used some 2.5 white low smoke..... Was a pain to use..... Very hard to strip

 

[steptoe]

Ive had some normal T&E (well 3c&e) recently that the outer sheath just wouldnt peel off from,

luckily Id only used 1 piece about 15m, took it back to the wholesalers and got it changed.

the drum was blank, except for a little ID label, no maker or anything, and, in all fairness its a small local indy that are normally really good, so maybe just a dodgy batch ,,,,,,,

 

[streetlighter]

I've had that where the grey sheath was almost stuck onto the inner cores cable was made by prysmain

 

[Zeespark]

grey sheath was almost stuck onto the inner cores

Thats due to Prysmian not using enough chalk between the conductor and insulation during manufacture.

AndyGuinness

 

[steptoe]

I've had that where the grey sheath was almost stuck onto the inner cores cable was made by prysmain

exactly street, it came off in little bits, almost as if it had been sheathed while the insulation was still setting.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Cef's Doncaster cable used to always be like that. It was always the black core stuck to the sheath