Overhead garage supply cable advice

[Surge]

Hi,

I am currently considering the best way to go about this job for a customer who wants garage power wiring from an overhead supply cable (to replace the current 1.5mm T&E swinging in the wind supply!).

The cabled will go from his under-stairs board, up through the landing to the loft, through the loft and out from above the first floor down to the garage. The distance between the house and garage is around 5 meters and over his private back garden. The height of the cable at its lowest point will be around 3 meters.

I am leaning towards running this type of cable: https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/75559-4-0mm-3-core-ho7rnf-cable-cut-length-sold-by-the-mtr

It's heavy duty rubber (neoprene) flex which is designed to withstand UV light, oils and greases and mechanical and thermal stresses.

I'll support this cable with cable ties along a Catenery wire to take the weight of the cable and hold it securely at each end.

What do you guys think of this idea? What would you do?

Any input appreciated,

Thanks

 

[Murdoch]

Swa...

 

[Tony S]

Cable ties can become brittle with UV light.

 

[Lurch]

PVC Cable ties can become brittle with UV light.

FTFY.

 

[binky]

normal cable inside house, adaptable box and swa across void to garage and either straight to another adaptable box or metal garage board. Don't forget to earth bond armour both ends.

The flex you have found is probably ok, but you have to allow for vermin damage eg squirrels who love to sharpen teeth on such cable, and it isn't really designed for outdoor use

 

[misssweden]

A bit of 95 ABC should do it...   :coat

 

[Andy™]

split con would be a nice alternative to SWA

 

[Surge]

Cheers for the advice, took a while before anyone replied so i used that cable in the end, thought it better to have a continuous cable than make extra connections. was very robust and weather resistant too. 

Bonded catenery wire and used uv resistant tie wraps.

Cheers

 

[Andy™]

Cheers for the advice, took a while before anyone replied so i used that cable in the end,

sorry, we dont have people on stand by to answer your questions within 5 minutes of you asking, you do sometimes have to wait a little bit for an answer

 

[Surge]

Sorry that you took a fact and applied an emotional bias to it, I didn't condemn anyone for not answering, on the contrary, it encouraged me to make my own decision based on research. Cheers

 

[rapparee]

A bit of 95 ABC should do it...   :coat

Missy I didn't know what 95 abc was so I googled it. Unfortunately this is what I found. What sort of cable is ABC.

I'm actually serious go to google.ie and do an image search for 95abc this is what comes up

 

[roys]

Missy I didn't know what 95 abc was so I googled it. Unfortunately this is what I found. What sort of cable is ABC.

I'm actually serious go to google.ie and do an image search for 95abc this is what comes up

95 ABC

I take it to mean a bit of 95 mm sq Aerial Bundled Conductor

Although I do prefer your image to a lump of overhead cable

 

[misssweden]

Missy I didn't know what 95 abc was so I googled it. Unfortunately this is what I found. What sort of cable is ABC.



I'm actually serious go to google.ie and do an image search for 95abc this is what comes up

Well I suppose the underwire is conductive.... :slap  

@roys knows what I'm talking about. 

 

[roys]

Well I suppose the underwire is conductive.... :slap  

@roys knows what I'm talking about. 

You said that would be our secret

 

[Doc Hudson]

Missy I didn't know what 95 abc was so I googled it. Unfortunately this is what I found. What sort of cable is ABC.

I'm actually serious go to google.ie and do an image search for 95abc this is what comes up

You are factually correct, though I must say higher up my google results, was some article from ABC news about astronaut John Glenn dying aged 95. But hot on his heels, (very hot some may say), were numerous illustrations of ladies undergarments, including your above example, and some including the ladies inside the undergarments. It is truly amazing what gems of information can be learned from an electricians forum. Everyday is an education, so they say!

Doc H.