Why SY for the main lead? What's wrong with the yellow Arctic for both that and the short 13A-16A adapter lead, if required?
Why SY for the main lead?
Just seems a little over the top for a hook up lead in the front garden, given that I don't think I ever saw anyone using it on a campsite in all my years of caravanning in Britain, Ireland and France.Because it's tougher and more resistant to damage than ordinary flex is it not?
I could show similar with 2.5mm² TRS.{photos}it is hard to get 2.5mm² into a 13A plug
I've never fully understood that. Black is black because it absorbs all colours of the visible EM spectrum, so I'm a little surprised that the same does not apply to nearby parts of the spectrum. Indeed, beyond one end of the visible spectrum, black is (AFAIAA), indeed, the best absorber (and radiator) of infra-red, which makes me even more surprised that the same does not apply at the other (UV) end! ... or maybe it does apply, but merely absorbing UV does not equate with the UV doing damage??Black is better to resist UV from the sun ...
There's nothing which relates the colors to voltage. I always preferred the Arctic for my hookup leads due to its better flexibility in colder weather, but as I said earlier, always went for yellow for visibility in grass etc. Yellow or blue Arctic are both suitable for 240V.But be it yellow (110 volt), blue (230 volt), red (400 volt)
Apparently because carbon black at 2% can ****** the degradation process :I've never fully understood that. Black is black because it absorbs all colours of the visible EM spectrum, so I'm a little surprised that the same does not apply to nearby parts of the spectrum. Indeed, beyond one end of the visible spectrum, black is (AFAIAA), indeed, the best absorber (and radiator) of infra-red, which makes me even more surprised that the same does not apply at the other (UV) end! ... or maybe it does apply, but merely absorbing UV does not equate with the UV doing damage??Black is better to resist UV from the sun ...
Kind Regards, John
You can get orange arctic if you want.There's nothing which relates the colors to voltage. I always preferred the Arctic for my hookup leads due to its better flexibility in colder weather, but as I said earlier, always went for yellow for visibility in grass etc. Yellow or blue Arctic are both suitable for 240V.
I don't think it's defined as such in any particular standard, is it?Since we seem to be in a standards-what-do-they-mean-by-that mode today, shall I ask you what "arctic" cable actually is?
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