mims supply

[Gillon]

Hi, if i have an existing mims cable supply but am rewiring the property anyway,do i have to feed it with a new supply cable?or is it still o.k to use it as the supply earth aswell??Cheers

 

[steptoe]

Ive just had to google mims.!

it should be fine as long as your csa is adequate for the new loading,

which shouldnt be a problem for MICC.

 

[Gillon]

Sorry its not even MIMS! think thats the new stuff,its old copper pyro.Thats sweet reckon i'll just keep it.Cheers

 

[Gillon]

Ja, MICC!

 

[Andy™]

Sorry its not even MIMS! think thats the new stuff,its old copper pyro.Thats sweet reckon i'll just keep it.Cheers

mims is another name for micc

 

[m4tty]

without checking is it Mineral Insulated Metal Sheathed?

 

[spinlondon]

I prefer Pyro, much more action packed.

Mims sounds to girly.

 

[M107]

without checking is it Mineral Insulated Metal Sheathed?

correct & thats the name (mims) now used in colleges for MICC, but try asking for mims at the wholesalers you'll get a puzzled look.

MICC in my book. The term Pyro is derived from the manufacturers name I belive.............. Pyrotenax

 

[m4tty]

Is it still used a lot here now that fp200 is cheaper?

 

[Larnacaman]

Cheaper ...Yes!! Equivalent ...NO!!! A professionally installed MICC installation will out class and out perform any other generally available wiring system of a given size. Unfortunately MICC cables are not generally available in the larger multi core sizes....

 

[binky]

Do check Insualtion Resistance between conductors and copper sheath - if pots have become damaged, MI absorbs water. Other than that last for donkeys.

Anyone have any guidelines to life expectancy of MICC

 

[steptoe]

Do check Insualtion Resistance between conductors and copper sheath - if pots have become damaged, MI absorbs water. Other than that last for donkeys.Anyone have any guidelines to life expectancy of MICC

+10> the life expectancy of anything it is connected to.

I installed about 2 Km of it about 7 years ago at Litts on the Rock for outside lights, clipped around the outside of a metal clad buildings during a glorious sunny summer, twas a lovely job,

nobody else in the firm had used it much so it was down to me,

helluva smelly place(its a knackers yard), but I got dirty money and you get used to the smell,!

 

[Andy™]

Anyone have any guidelines to life expectancy of MICC

if properly terminated, probably last forever. if the place gets burned down - new sleeving & accessories and your prob good to turn power back on

 

[Larnacaman]

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[Zeespark]

Larnaca, MICC work has been dropped wholesale from courses due to that very reason.

Andy

 

[Larnacaman]

Very SAD state of affairs then .....

 

[Zeespark]

Indeed so, I have lmited experience of it, though some training providers do do courses on it.

Andy

 

[steptoe]

Ive actually got a little bender and all for doing the smaller stuff,

brake pipe bender for cars is ideal.!

was one of the 1st tools I owned.

 

[Sidewinder]

Twas the only thing to survive the channel tunnel fire IIRC!

 

[binky]

Its specced for London undergound as well since Kings Cross fire I understand.