Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Evans Electric" data-source="post: 476464" data-attributes="member: 1408">I too am an Old time Spark although  I still work  a couple of days a week .     I can&#039;t help with the whole house  vent system , read about them but never done one . With the wiring , things  have moved on a bit  since bending blocks &amp;amp; tallow fat.  Almost every job is now dry lined ...no one bothers with steel capping  ( sheathing)  anymore   ( except me)  .  The thinking is it won&#039;t stop a hammer drill so theres no point in fitting it . If your outside lights are pointing up at the PIR  it may be fooled into thinking it,s daytime  and stop working  .  Telephone &amp;amp; alarm cable should not be run with 240V cables .  This has always been the case &amp;amp; as far as I know nothing has changed .    Yes the ring cables are  insulated &amp;amp; sheathed to ..is it 600V?  ,  but the low volt stuff isn&#039;t .   They shouldn&#039;t be there , as far as I know , unless they are insulated  to the same standard as the mains cables. Cable pushed down a copper pipe , not sure whats going on there TBH .If as you say  ,  walls have been dry lined  , with the cables hidden ...either the sparks has the measurements  or he,s lacking in experience  or he,s stupid.  . ( He says, avoiding Forum Swear filter)  .   If we wire for downlights  we  put all the measurements  on a plan  , then tuck the ends up  to allow plasterboarding .    you don&#039;t want those eejuts  pulling the wires out  all over the place . No point asking the NICEIC  .  </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evans Electric, post: 476464, member: 1408"] I too am an Old time Spark although I still work a couple of days a week . I can't help with the whole house vent system , read about them but never done one . With the wiring , things have moved on a bit since bending blocks & tallow fat. Almost every job is now dry lined ...no one bothers with steel capping ( sheathing) anymore ( except me) . The thinking is it won't stop a hammer drill so theres no point in fitting it . If your outside lights are pointing up at the PIR it may be fooled into thinking it,s daytime and stop working . Telephone & alarm cable should not be run with 240V cables . This has always been the case & as far as I know nothing has changed . Yes the ring cables are insulated & sheathed to ..is it 600V? , but the low volt stuff isn't . They shouldn't be there , as far as I know , unless they are insulated to the same standard as the mains cables. Cable pushed down a copper pipe , not sure whats going on there TBH . If as you say , walls have been dry lined , with the cables hidden ...either the sparks has the measurements or he,s lacking in experience or he,s stupid. . ( He says, avoiding Forum Swear filter) . If we wire for downlights we put all the measurements on a plan , then tuck the ends up to allow plasterboarding . you don't want those eejuts pulling the wires out all over the place . No point asking the NICEIC . [/QUOTE]

Verification

Reply to thread

Help Support Talk Electrician Forum: