Electrical sleeving

[Jim]

I need to order up some sleeving to mark earths and 3-way switching. Can anyone tell me what a suitable diameter is for 1.5mm and 2.5mm cable?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

3mm will do for both.

[Jim]

Thank you!

[ARWadsworth]

This should amuse you Dave. I called at an electrical wholesalers this morning and asked for 100m of blue sleeving. "We don't stock it" was the reply "Why not" I asked "No demand for it" was the final reply.

This is the same wholesalers that has got fifty 3kW heaters piled up in the doorway on special offer-:)

Cheers

Adam

[whisky-dave]

When I needed a little sleeving I brought a small amount of heatshrink as it worked out cheaper than buying a reel of Earth sleeving. I also stripped some earth insulation off some mains cable and used that before. Althouhg I'm not sure if it's legall to do either as part of an instulation.

[Andy Burns]

Sleeving that's more expensive than heatshrink tubing? You're buying from the wrong places ...

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Even B&Q sells small amounts of sleeving cheaper than heatshrink...

But was it green/yellow?

Green/yellow from flex would be fine if it fits. Although it's an expensive way of getting sleeving.

The thing about buying a hunk of sleeving at a wholesalers is that it will last even a busy DIYer a lifetime. Or until the next colour change...