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Fire alarm mains supplies - Colour of cable

KRB15

I've just been having a discussion about the outer sheath colour of soft skinned (FP 200 TYPE ) from the mains distribution board to the fire alarm isolator. I always thought it should be white and not red - any thoughts ??

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    KRB15 said:
    I've been looking for information regarding BS 7671 as well they are bound to have a different view I suppose 

    BS 7671 has no requirements for the colour of the sheath of a multicore cable. In respect of fire alarm systems, BS 7671 references BS 5839 series, BUT I'm aware that there are references back to BS 7671 for some aspects of BS 5839 ...

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