Thats why my best practice would always be run a seperate wire, allowing for derating, temp etc.
Dave
Thats why my best practice would always be run a seperate wire, allowing for derating, temp etc.
Dave
Oh for christ's sake grow up. Do you have to jump to unsubstantiated conclusions? I have installed steel conduit in marine commiunication shelters in Iraq, I have installed steel conduit in animal feed mills, I have installed cables in conduit in hospitals.
Malc
On 6 Dec 2004 01:01:51 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@ubht.swest.nhs.uk strung together this:
Then what the f*ck are you asking the question for then? You either want to do it or don't, how the hell do we know. No-one here gives a flying f*ck what you wire your house with really.
In message , Lurch writes
Well if the house is that old, maybe he should just stick to a few tallow candles
Because I wanted to know about the legal side of it which I thought I'd made plain. Still if you can't understand perhaps you shouldn't be replying.
Because I wanted to know about the legal side of it which I thought I'd made plain. Still if you can't understand perhaps you shouldn't be replying.
To be h "Ok this is a bit hypothetical at present because we haven't bought the building yet (and may never do if we can't find the owner).
We are thinking of restoring an old house and obviously I will be doing the wiring myself and getting it inspected as there is no way that I will be able to hide the fact that I'm doing it. I was thinking that as most of the floors are likely to be ripped up I might run steel conduit around as is one in commercial buildings and use individual wires for L, N and E as is done in commercial buildings. Would this be ok? I presume I'd have to use brown, blue and green/yellow wires."
There was nothing in that which suggested that you had worked with steel conduit before, and the only thing that suggested you had done wiring at all before was the comment "obviously I will be doing the wiring myself.." Even that wouldn't necessarily imply experience. If you look back through old threads, you'd find that quite often somebody new or fairly new will ask a question like this and say that obviously they will do something - simply because they believe that they can do anything that they care to tackle. That may or may not be true, but there was nothing in your post to indicate much different. When coupled with wanting to use steel conduit, which is hardly the easiest material to use and certainly not appropriate if one were a novice, people naturally started to ask why.
It wasn't until later that you introduced the point that you had worked with it quite a bit and had done wiring etc. That's fine, but the closing part of your original question was whether it would be OK. That was fairly broad in the sense that it could have meant could the job be done physically, technically or in accordance with wiring regulations.
If you were only really asking about the last of these, then I'm perplexed. If you are doing wiring and conduit work in a range of commercial premises, wouldn't you be familiar with BS7671 anyway?
What is it that you were unsure about?
No. This is the first time you've mentioned it. Assuming it is you since you're using a different address and no sig.
People reply to the question as they read it.
If you're asking is conduit legal in a house, what would be your guess being so familiar with installing it?
On 7 Dec 2004 00:32:09 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@ubht.swest.nhs.uk strung together this:
Then why didn't you say that. There is no law against wiring your house in bell wire if you want.
No, you hadn't actually, re-read your posts.
What didn't I understand, the invisible ink that you were writing in? On balance, I don't think you should actually be touching any wiring at all, it doesn't sound as if you are familiar with any regulations otherwise you wouldn't have to ask.
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