Re: Power & signal & control

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi -

Of course I was serious ... but maybe I could have expressed it better !

ie: proper clamps rather than crocodile clips .... and the bare wires
safely in the conduit ...

Actually, I've vague recollections of having seen something of the
sort in the past, 'though it was not affordable, IIRC, and the wires
were more like rails ...

Chris



On 21 Dec 2005, at 07:52, Neil Wrightson wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> In Australia you would be shot by the relevant authorities for
> attempting to
> use bare mains wiring and alligator clips. Provided of course, that
> you
> hadn't killed yourself first.
> But we do have mains fittings now that are crimp based I.e. you
> basically
> feed a cable that has Active, Earth and Neutral internally around the
> building and the relevant light fittings are crimped over this
> cable. Not
> dissimilar to IDC crimps (ribbon cable).
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil Wrightson.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:frankmc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2005 6:29 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Power & signal & control
>
>
>
> > For example, separate bare mains wires, with crocodile clips,
> and / or
> > insulation-piercing connections ?
>
>
> Your not serious ???
>
> Frank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hunter" <cjhunter@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:07 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Power & signal & control
>
>
> >
> > I had thought we might run a box-conduit around all rooms of our
> > self-build, set surface-flush into the walls, to carry power
&
> signal &
> > control cables.
> >
> > Then we could tap into them where-ever required, and easily
> replace /
> > update the cables as necessary, in the future.
> >
> > But is there a better way, I wonder ?   Signal & power cables
> have to be
> > kept apart.   Tapping into the cables would be a fiddle - cutting
&
> > stripping & making screw-terminal joints, etc, etc.   And
conduit
> is not
> > cheap.
> >
> > But future-proofing demands flexibility !
> >
> > Is there a better way, I wonder ?
> >
> > For example, separate bare mains wires, with crocodile clips,
> and / or
> > insulation-piercing connections ?
> >
> > Or ... ?
> >
> > And what size cables should I use ?
> >
> > I'm not a fan of ring-mains, star-runs seem better ...
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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