On Aug 10, 7:04*pm, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:
charles wrote:
In article ,
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.

if we are going to that absurdity, surely the steel pin fixing the
plastic cable clip to the wall would also need to be earthed?

Some people still make that claim after reading and misunderstanding reg
522.6.5 (ii)

I've not seen anything about it in my OSG, can you tell us the
position with metal clips?


NT