Hi guys and gals, over the last 35ys I have 'wired' up lights and sockets on patio, shed and greenhouse in my back garden. Most of the diy/bodge wiring has recently been upgraded to meet current standards. But I still need to relace a feed to greenhouse that is just ordinary cable in a hose pipe (seemed a good idea at the time). I have just sourced 25m of armoured but it only has a red and black inside..Can I use the outer armoured as a earth?
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Red and black stopped being the standard colours over 10 years ago. It should be brown and blue now.
It should fit in with all the other bodges.
It should fit in with all the other bodges.
Just use it if it,s in good condition , since the nonsense of changing the cable colours to please the EU ...to which we will be very shortly leaving ...there are still a billion miles of old colours still around . We still install Bro & Blu and colour the blu brown , and we install 3 core Bro /Bk. Gry and colour the Bk & Grey so your bit of R & Bk won't alter the world.
You're not a registered electrician so just do it .
You can use the armour sheath as the earth , glands must be fitted properly .
Do you know what size it is ?
How will you install it ?
You're not a registered electrician so just do it .
You can use the armour sheath as the earth , glands must be fitted properly .
Do you know what size it is ?
How will you install it ?
using the srmour as the earthing is not a problem - just don't export the earth on TN-C-S
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