Are outer sheaths or bedding intended to be insulators? ?
If they were, then why is it that the conductors are just separated by their primary insulation as they wrap around each other; or indeed singles may lie in contact with each other in conduit and other forms of enclosure?
So it must be that sheaths provide mechanical protection. In the case of SWA, the bedding does not need to provide much protection because it is overlain by the armour and then the outer sheath.
I do not have a problem with keeping the bedding on as Mike describes, provided that it is enclosed. If the aim is separation, a length of PVC conduit would do.
Are outer sheaths or bedding intended to be insulators? ?
If they were, then why is it that the conductors are just separated by their primary insulation as they wrap around each other; or indeed singles may lie in contact with each other in conduit and other forms of enclosure?
So it must be that sheaths provide mechanical protection. In the case of SWA, the bedding does not need to provide much protection because it is overlain by the armour and then the outer sheath.
I do not have a problem with keeping the bedding on as Mike describes, provided that it is enclosed. If the aim is separation, a length of PVC conduit would do.
