Opening a short section of trunking, it would immediately be obvious it had been used for joints - not so obvious, where joints are buried within a run of trunking, hidden amongst lots of cables. Not a surprise I liked to find..
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Opening a short section of trunking, it would immediately be obvious it had been used for joints - not so obvious, where joints are buried within a run of trunking, hidden amongst lots of cables. Not a surprise I liked to find..
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It would,and that's certainly what I (and I suspect most of us) would do - but, for some reason,the OP has been ;'advised against' doing that, so that we can but speculate.
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Much ado about nowt.
I'm not sure that "how obvious the joints are" is really all that much of an issue.
As I asked, if you're not happy with joints within trunking, what would you be happy with them being in?
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Indeed. If it were my installation, I would certainly be curious as to what was going on within that trunking (and hence 'why it was there'), but I would very rapidly satisfy that curiosity in an obvious way - but, as I've just written,the OP seems to have been advised not to do that!
I didn't suggest I would be unhappy, with joints in trunking, proving the trunking purpose was specific to the purpose of making such joints. I would not be happy to find joints in a more general purpose section of trunking, hidden within lots of other cables - that to me speaks of shoddy workmanship. What would satisfy me in that respect, would be the likes of an adaptable box, or conduit box, tacked onto the side, or even a small box within the trunking, if space permits.
I'm not really sure how a subsequent observer could know what was the intended purpose of the trunking (whether 'for joints' or 'more general purpose').
I'm not sure that (possibly multiple) additional boxes 'tacked to the side' of (relatively large) trunking would necessarily quality as particularly 'good workmanship' - but no-one has said that the joints within the trunking would not be within some sort of small 'enclosure' of their own (even though I'm not really sure that that would actually be necessary).
The Mk I eyeball, often is sufficient to identify a short section of trunking, likely used for cable joints - exactly as in this thread, opening the cover, would quickly and easily confirm its purpose.
Yes, probably "likely" - but that's a bit like "assume"
Quite. As I've said, I'm sure that's what most of us would do - but, as I've said, the OP seems to have been advised not to.
The only reason I have recommended not to is the number of times I've opened trunking and a wire is sliced open by a toggle....
Quite. As I've said, I'm sure that's what most of us would do - but, as I've said, the OP seems to have been advised not to.
I looked at that quite hard and eventually concluded the black looked more like shadow or crap. I had even written something similar to you then deleted it.
I'd used single insulated 7X green/yellow in containment and hence no sleeves required... but the inspector didn't understand how to tick the box to confirm I'd used them
Yes, that's possible (and is the reason I expressed some uncertainty), but that doesn't alter the fact that what we seem able to can definitely see are three conductors with blue, red and yellow colours.
It sounds as if you are talking about a 'design fault'!
Then 'design fault' is not using a short piece of wood (or similar) wedged under the lip, to keep the cables clear..
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