On Aug 10, 12:16*am, wrote:
On 9 Aug,
* * *"ARWadsworth" wrote:



NT wrote:
On Aug 9, 7:22 pm, "Robin" wrote:
Cable clips for mains wiring must be insulated. All-metal clips
are no longer regs compliant.

JOOI can you please point me to where in the regs? (I ask in part
as I saw the old-style, brass clips being used recently in a house
to clip cables to beams.)

No, hopefully someone else here that knows the regs better will answer

To be fair, it is you that is is claiming that this is a reg. It's not one
I *have ever heard of.

If you cannot suggest a reg to back your claim up then there is no chance
of *anyone else suggesting another reg that says metal clips are OK.

Probably harking back to the 15th? edition where everything metallic had to
be earthed (or some interpretations of such demanded). *The extra cost of
running 2.5mm G/Y to each cable clip would make it uneconomic.

ISTR buckle clips disappearing in the early 70s or before. I never did
see the sense in declaring 2 layers of cable insulation to be
inadequte where clipped.


NT