joining meter tails

[Staffbull]

just got in.. replied thnx

[Staffbull]

just got in.. replied thnx

[Staffbull]

just got in.. replied thnx

[Staffbull]

just got in.. replied thnx

[John Rumm]

Even 100% margin still only gets you to 80A!...

still it was the two red tails I found more entertaining...

[Staffbull]

Mine are all Black on the fuse side and grey coming from it !! so not much in the way of colour coding to go by there !!!

[Guy King]

The message from "Staffbull" contains these words:

That's just the outer sheath, surely?

[Staffbull]

there is no hint of colour in the centre of the cable but they have not been disconnected so dont know, you could be right

[John Rumm]

Modern tails are double insulated - grey outer, with a coloured inner sheath.

[Matt]

Because some REC's (or whatever they are called now) won't even fit them - NEDL and YEDL for instance, and those that will fit them make a relatively large charge for doing so.

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:56:16 +0100 someone who may be John Rumm wrote this:-

Double insulated, or is the outer sheath mechanical protection?

[Andy Wade]

The latter - or as Reg. 471-09-04 puts it:

"Cable having a non-metallic sheath or a non-metallic enclosure shall not be described as being of Class 2 construction. However the use of such cable installed in accordance with Chapter 52 shall be deemed to afford satisfactory protection against direct and indirect contact."

[John Rumm]

Indeed, sorry poor choice of words. How about "two layers of insulation" ;-)

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:41:21 +0100 someone who may be John Rumm wrote this:-

I was only teasing:-)

The amateur "electrician" sent by Scottish Power to my office to do some work on the meter also called such cables "double insulated", so the term has some currency.