On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:08:24 GMT, Mike Harrison
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:58:41 +0100, Lurch wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:48:05 GMT, Mike Harrison
strung together this:

Blue pipe is probably the cheapest and most readily available thing.
I don't think using the correct colour is of any importance in a domestic garden.

Well, I was only saying there's a right way and there's your way! ;-)
I personally couldn't care less what you put under the garden, but
people come here to ask for the correct way of doing things, if they
didn't want to know how to do it properly, they wouldn't bother asking
in the first place.

I'm sure most people are after the most pragmatic solution, in terms of cost, availability, safety
and a whole host of other criteria, and few would consider spending any additional time, money or
effort to make something 'correct' just for the sake of being correct where there are no appreciable
safety or other concerns.



If you do something like this in a non standard way then it can become
a safety issue for somebody coming along later who is not aware of
what was done.

For example, I could wire with live on the green and yellow wire and
neutral on the red. As long as I remember what has been done, then
there is no safety issue. Somebody else may have a different
experience.

I agree with Lurch on this point. If there is a standard published
way to do something, especially with electricity, it is there for a
reason and should be followed.
There are always bodges and generally the cost and effort between
doing a job properly and bodging it is very little.
Running power cables in blue water pipe can be described in no other
way than a bodge.

One is free to do whatever one likes as long as one is prepared to
accept the consequences.




..andy

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