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NYY-J Tuf Sheathed Cable in sheds and garages

Alan B

Just doing a quote for garage and shed wiring, plus some outdoor sockets. In the past I have gone down the route of using plastic conduit to protect cables.

I was thinking through the options and I am now considering NYY-J Tuff Sheathed cable as a good alternative.

I am thinking

For external sockets people don't really want 20mm conduit running around the bottom of their house and this at the bottom of the wall would be less conspicuous.

Shed wiring always seems expensive compared to the cost of the shed, moving away from conduit makes it easier to tuck cable in to corners and would save time.

In my opinion at least cables should have some level of protection in garages. Plastic conduit done well looks good and provides good protection, but again is quite time consuming if the cables are concealed over the entire run. Some installers just run conduit to ceiling level but in my opinion this doesn't look great and with people using ceiling space for storage the cable is still exposed.

Just wondering what others think.

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    NYY-J in sizes larger than 4mm is rather rare but certainly exists. I installed some 10mm recently, though it was 5 core with non standard core colours.

    Green/yellow, blue, brown, red and black. 

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    NYY-J in sizes larger than 4mm is rather rare but certainly exists. I installed some 10mm recently, though it was 5 core with non standard core colours.

    Green/yellow, blue, brown, red and black. 

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    To be honest I quite like the stuff. My only gripe with it is the varying overall size regardless of csa. I have two roll ends of 1.5x3 and the overall diameter of each is significantly different, one being much larger and easily mistaken for 2.5 x 3 unless you read the labeling down the side of the cable itself.

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