Armoured cable

[Blue.]

Just about to order 715m of 95mm 4 core,coming in at just over £25k with superlec,is there any that will better it?

 

[dave mountain]

Reckoned that the SWA would keep Roland at bay better than MDPE, and be better looking clipped to the wall. I can get it at ~£2/meter, so probably just as cheap too, when you add in time.

If you are clipping it to a exterior wall then should be using HDG cable tray ideally, no requirement for swa though

 

[Steevo]

Just about to order 715m of 95mm 4 core,coming in at just over £25k with superlec,is there any that will better it?

Make sure you call them up and don’t just take the price off the website. They will do sharper than that I’m sure - they have for me in the past and I wasn’t spending anywhere near that sort of money!!

 

[Highland Mule]

If you are clipping it to a exterior wall then should be using HDG cable tray ideally, no requirement for swa though

Was thinking those hammer on cable clips to the angle steel, same as I have for power cables. SWA was to minimise any rodent damage.

 

[bobk]

Was thinking those hammer on cable clips to the angle steel, same as I have for power cables. SWA was to minimise any rodent damage.

Kill the rats .....

 

[Highland Mule]

Kill the rats .....

I have a full time employee who does this 24/7, but they always come back eventually.

 

[dave mountain]

Was thinking those hammer on cable clips to the angle steel, same as I have for power cables. SWA was to minimise any rodent damage.

It will work wherever you put it, but best practice would be all those cables in free air on cable tray spaced off the wall using unistrut

 

[TheTallGuy]

Just about to order 715m of 95mm 4 core,coming in at just over £25k with superlec,is there any that will better it?

For that length it's definitely worth giving superlec a call (or even go direct to Cleveland) rather than just using the website, also worth a call to both Doncaster and Eland cables ~4 ton of cable is usually worth a decent price. One thing to watch out for is that they'll probably want the cable reel(s) back or you get a hefty surcharge.

 

[TheTallGuy]

Is £16.84 inc vat a metre dear then?

No, that's reasonable price for short lengths & cheaper than most trade counters unless you have a trade discount.

 

[TheTallGuy]

With heavier gauge SWA our electrician likes to run a separate earth alongside as well as using the armour.

I hate seeing that - the seperate earth is vulnerable to damage, if you're not relying on the armour for cpc then it ought to be an internal core, although that can make it a bit more expensive.

 

[fermerboy]

Do Batt Cables still exist?
When we did our wind turbine I had 350m of 35m2 5 core SWA and they were cheapest by a fair margin, dealt with the local(ish) store to us in Aberdeen.
Was a few years back though, so probably different now.

 

[wdah/him]

Can I ask what 16mm cable means. Ie is the cable 16mm diameter or the internal wires 16mm.it has been recommended for a feed to a house buried underground in a duct

 

[Highland Mule]

Can I ask what 16mm cable means. Ie is the cable 16mm diameter or the internal wires 16mm.it has been recommended for a feed to a house buried underground in a duct

16 square millimetre cross section per conductor.

 

[Nearly]

Cross sectional area of conductor 16mm2