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What is a decent manufacturer for domestic power and light cables?

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I am specifying cables for a domestic house construction. Do members have any advice about manufacturers? For example, I understand certain Chinese manufacturers produce very cheap cable, but the quality is terrible.  Which manufacturer produces good quality cable for a reasonable price?

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    At those prices, perhaps we should move to 3 phase supply being the norm. Electric showers designed for 400 volts and connected between any two phases. Electric cookers for three phase supply, as is already done in parts of Europe. 3 phase 16 amp circuits for EV charging.

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    On that subject, we are currently using BASEC branded/marked cable at the site I'm on. I'm thinking the cable is undersized. e.g. a single earth that I thought was 10mm, was actually marked as 16mm. The 16mm lug was very loose. The 10mm lug wouldnt fit on, just, I think it would have if I used a hammer to knock it on. It was the same with the 25mm, the lug very loose, and it looked like 16mm to me. In the past, the lugs I used were a reasonable fit on the cable, now they are very loose, so either the lugs are bigger now, or, the cable is more compacted, or, the cable is undersize.

  • 0 in reply to broadgage

    I have been contemplating the advantages and disadvantages of supplying my kitchen (dishwasher and sockets, but no laundry items) with 10 mm² SP cable or 4 mm² TP. The main DB is TP. The cooker and heating are currently by gas, but it would seem foolish not to provide for an electric cooker. In the future, heating may be by a heat pump, but just a modest fan heater and not a wet system.

    Yes, there would be a saving in copper, but the cost of a TP DB rather upsets the economics.

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    “It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little.
    When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all.

    When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.

     The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”  

    John Ruskin

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