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dthatch Newbie Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 4 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	thatch and mice Aug 10^th, 2004, 7:59pm can anyone point me in direction of cable suitable for upstairs wiring in a cottage that can support 4 sockets and not be eaten by the odd rodent(s) that visits in winter. I do not want to use steel conduit , a nice semi-armoured flexible cable would be great thanks in advance for any info / pointers
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8814 Total Thanks: 108 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: thatch and mice Reply #1 - Aug 10^th, 2004, 8:16pm PVC conduit, MI, or the steel conduit that you aint fond of
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: thatch and mice Reply #2 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 2:26am As Lectrician said, Mineral Insulated cable sounds like a plan
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Reply #3 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 2:42am

steel conduit=thick and very hard to work with
SWA=thick and hard to terminate to badly designed accesories
MICC(pyro)=thin requires special tools to terminate (not really a problem if doing a lot of connections) and hard to terminate to badly designed accesories
PVC conduit=thick but easier to work with than steel

the advantage of conduit is if you use T&E inside you don't have to terminate it to every assesory you can just leave a small gam

wheras with MICC SWA or conduit with singles you are going to have fun terminating it to roses etc without leaving exposed single insulated cores and you will probablly have to fit conduit boxes behind said items

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plugwash Administrator Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1383 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Not Specified	Re: thatch and mice Reply #4 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 2:42am the other advatage of MICC is it contains nothing carbon based so it shouldn't degrade AT ALL
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Beanzy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: thatch and mice Reply #5 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 5:17am Don't put it on the RCD side of your board if you can avoid it. Can cause nusiance tripping. Reckon in terms of ease of installation the T&E in PVC conduit is simplest. or just T&E in some mini-trunking.
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Reply #6 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 6:10am

Just a thought here for comment by the sparks, but couldn't SWA (armoured cable) be used in this situation? It gets used to run cables down to garden sheds etc - might be a bit thick and might not go round corners particularly well, but under the circumstances might offer a solution?

SWA has a wire mesh around the conductive parts.

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Beanzy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: thatch and mice Reply #7 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 7:17am Could be. Many lugs, boxes and terms to do though, so would be a bit OTT, unless the're real monsters in that attic. If you use T&E mini-trunking or oval conduit cliped direct, you just butt it up to the accessories or run it through the rubber gromits, quick & easy.
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plugwash Administrator Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1383 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Not Specified	Re: thatch and mice Reply #8 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 10:53am swa is bloody thick though so it would be a pita for switch drops i've seen a 1.5mm swa and a 6mm swa next to each other and they look near identical in size (both 3 core)
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The_Trician Trade Member Offline Posts: 7721 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: thatch and mice Reply #9 - Aug 11^th, 2004, 10:35pm Why not try Oflex or SY cable? Very flexible, comes in many sizes, has a flexible steel braid and is clear-pvc coated. You still have a termination problem though with glanding etc. TT
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: thatch and mice Reply #10 - Aug 13^th, 2004, 2:20am 2 days later, but PVC Conduit sounds like the best option after MICC, Oval Or Round, Light Or Heavy Gage, High Impact etc. Does the job for me
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