RE: Question from a novice

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel.giddings@xxxxxxx>]

Tim makes a good point... How far can you pull cable through.

My design uses 2 x 20mm steel conduits to each double, extra depth, back
box. This then goes through the floor on the ground floor, or the
ceiling on the first floor, where it connects, via flexible conduit, to
steel trunking (Mains) or Traywork (Low Voltage signal). I have the
advantage of a basement and attic space to run trunking / traywork.

This way I only have a short run of conduit to pull through. I have one
place where I needed to have 3 bends in about 4 ft of conduit and it was
difficult enough to pull through, any more bends and I would have been
in trouble... Also pulling all the wires at the same times reduces the
chances of damage, adding another is more difficult still.

You may see better from the pictures

http://primrosecottage.no-ip.com

Page 4 is where the conduit starts

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) [mailto:haweste@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 January 2004 09:07
To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Question from a novice



Just a further point about ducting, and I hope this won't be granny &
eggs etc. but I'd be amazed if you could stand at your wall outlet and
pull your cable all the way through from your wiring closet. In practice
there's just too many bends to allow you to pull the cable in one go,
without additional access points along the way. Additionally, the size
of ducting you would require for your main runs through the house may be
physically impossible in a retrofit.

See here for some of my pics (about half-completed) and my wiring closet
is under the stairs:
http://tinyurl.com/3dvxp


Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracey Gardner Sent: 15 January 2004 19:14
>
> IMHO in the normal domestic build it's not easy to run
> ducting/conduit in
> such a way that it facilitates cabling at a later date.
> That's not to say it's impossible but I feel that it's easier
> to flood wire
> to start with.
> The only problem then is defining "flood" wiring, one man's
> "flood" might
> well be another man's "trickle" :-)
>
> Tracey
>
> >
> > My feeling on this has been that you should use ducting. I
haven't
> > implemented this yet so would like advice from others on the
list.
> >
> > If you use the right ducts then you can add cable of
> whatever type you
> > need as you need it.
> >
> > Is this thinking correct ?

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