SY Cable containment

Around five years ago I wired some prefabricated steel garage inspection pits, including some for VOSA.

These are huge, big enough to park artic lorries and trailers over them with some being sectional, they were made in the fabricators workshop then transported to site on artics and set in concrete in holes excavated in the garage workshop floor, one was an above ground pit and galvanised for a firm that pressure wash’s and steam cleans lorries with ramps to get them up on to it.

I did question the wiring spec, but was told it was what the customers wanted, SY cable run in steel tubes welded to the inner face of the steel walls, but without elbows and other fittings so the SY went is unprotected for a few inches.

I did however use the correct SY cable glands to earth and seal the cables at accessories, which I have never seen anyone else do, despite having seen SY used in some “prestige” premises, but basically as an extension lead thrown on the ground to supply outdoor equipment such as a water aerator on a lake at premises of historical and cultural importance cared for by a national organisation I pay a monthly subscription to, so I can visit such places. Plastic stuffing glands seem to be the fittings generally  used or some tape wrapped around the end.

www.cef.co.uk/.../23106-20-m20-cxt-industrial-cable-gland-sold-in-1-s

My two local independent electrical wholesalers loved me, I bought all their stocks of SY cable glands at a knock down price and cleared the stock for them, though now I still have some in my garage along with the tail end of a roll of cable to use somewhere.

That was a job that turned sour for me, The fabricator went bust having emptied the workshop elsewhere and starting again under a new name thirty miles away leaving them owing me £1,500 on my last invoice, which was a lot less than most of the others owed money.

Around five years ago I wired some prefabricated steel garage inspection pits, including some for VOSA.

These are huge, big enough to park artic lorries and trailers over them with some being sectional, they were made in the fabricators workshop then transported to site on artics and set in concrete in holes excavated in the garage workshop floor, one was an above ground pit and galvanised for a firm that pressure wash’s and steam cleans lorries with ramps to get them up on to it.

I did question the wiring spec, but was told it was what the customers wanted, SY cable run in steel tubes welded to the inner face of the steel walls, but without elbows and other fittings so the SY went is unprotected for a few inches.

I did however use the correct SY cable glands to earth and seal the cables at accessories, which I have never seen anyone else do, despite having seen SY used in some “prestige” premises, but basically as an extension lead thrown on the ground to supply outdoor equipment such as a water aerator on a lake at premises of historical and cultural importance cared for by a national organisation I pay a monthly subscription to, so I can visit such places. Plastic stuffing glands seem to be the fittings generally  used or some tape wrapped around the end.

www.cef.co.uk/.../23106-20-m20-cxt-industrial-cable-gland-sold-in-1-s

My two local independent electrical wholesalers loved me, I bought all their stocks of SY cable glands at a knock down price and cleared the stock for them, though now I still have some in my garage along with the tail end of a roll of cable to use somewhere.

That was a job that turned sour for me, The fabricator went bust having emptied the workshop elsewhere and starting again under a new name thirty miles away leaving them owing me £1,500 on my last invoice, which was a lot less than most of the others owed money.

SY termination.....

SY Cable or SY Flex How to Terminate, Make Off Step by Step Practical Demonstration of Connecting - Bing video

Right time consuming and fiddly terminating.

Z.