Red And Black Cable On New Rewire?

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"The worst was Doncaster tw & e where the black was stuck to the sheath 85% of the time"

Electric Center were flogging cable with the blue core stuck to the outer grey sheathing not so long ago, was a nightmare to strip back when making off the ends, it was there stock cable, can't remember the cable manufacturer off the top of my head, it was the one that comes in the cardboard boxes. 

 
"The worst was Doncaster tw & e where the black was stuck to the sheath 85% of the time"

Electric Center were flogging cable with the blue core stuck to the outer grey sheathing not so long ago, was a nightmare to strip back when making off the ends, it was there stock cable, can't remember the cable manufacturer off the top of my head, it was the one that comes in the cardboard boxes. 
Pyrasimin or something like that ?

 
Dave, when did you actually say it was illegal?

you only said to tell the customer it was illegal,

different thing,

sometimes, [and im guilty of it too], people read what they think is there, and not the actual sentence wrote.
Well seeing as your asking, pint o cider please :)

When ever there is a problem, why is it always the black/blue ?
Careful now, we'll have the hand wringers in claiming racism before you know it headbang

 
Spoke to Elecsa technical helpline today and they said as long as the red and black is sleeved brown/blue and a dual colours warning label is placed on the CU then it is ok.

 
Thats what Elecsa said to do. Sleeve it to keep in line with latest regs for cable colours and sticker it because there will be a mix of both types of cable.

 
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