Guys,
Do such cable runs require to be contained in trunking when in the attic?
I have just installed some security lights which required quite a few
cable runs.
I neatly tacked the cables either at the side of the joists or on top of
the joists (where no one will step). Is this acceptable according to the
regulations?

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Kaiser Sose wrote:

Guys,
Do such cable runs require to be contained in trunking when in the
attic? I have just installed some security lights which required
quite a few cable runs.
I neatly tacked the cables either at the side of the joists or on
top of the joists (where no one will step). Is this acceptable
according to the regulations?

No, unless someone else knows different

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zaax

"Kaiser Sose" wrote in message
...
Guys,
Do such cable runs require to be contained in trunking when in the attic?
I have just installed some security lights which required quite a few
cable runs.
I neatly tacked the cables either at the side of the joists or on top of
the joists (where no one will step). Is this acceptable according to the
regulations?


if crossing the joists unlikely to meet the support requirements unless your
joists are very close together. You will find the details on the tlc-direct
website if you look.

Jim A

zaax wrote:

Kaiser Sose wrote:

Guys,
Do such cable runs require to be contained in trunking when in the
attic? I have just installed some security lights which required
quite a few cable runs.
I neatly tacked the cables either at the side of the joists or on
top of the joists (where no one will step). Is this acceptable
according to the regulations?

No, unless someone else knows different

Just to add to this. If they cross an aerial cable, a gas or water pipe
there needs to be protection to stop mechanical wear.

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zaax

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:48:54 UTC, "zaax"
wrote:

zaax wrote:

Kaiser Sose wrote:

Guys,
Do such cable runs require to be contained in trunking when in the
attic? I have just installed some security lights which required
quite a few cable runs.
I neatly tacked the cables either at the side of the joists or on
top of the joists (where no one will step). Is this acceptable
according to the regulations?

No, unless someone else knows different

Just to add to this. If they cross an aerial cable, a gas or water pipe
there needs to be protection to stop mechanical wear.

Or indeed any other ELV cable such as telephone, network, .....

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On 15 Jan 2007 18:25:57 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:48:54 UTC, "zaax"
wrote:

zaax wrote:

Just to add to this. If they cross an aerial cable, a gas or water pipe
there needs to be protection to stop mechanical wear.

Or indeed any other ELV cable such as telephone, network, .....

What sort of protection is required? I have some network cables under the floor
and may be adding a couple of 2.5mm cables which will cross them. I suppose a
small clearance loop is not good enough (?) but are we talking (say) threading a
few inches of plastic conduit at the xover or something more substantial. Or is
it just a problem in lofts where someone may step on it at the critical point?


Geo

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:57:14 UTC, Geo
wrote:

What sort of protection is required? I have some network cables under the floor
and may be adding a couple of 2.5mm cables which will cross them. I suppose a
small clearance loop is not good enough (?) but are we talking (say) threading a
few inches of plastic conduit at the xover or something more substantial. Or is
it just a problem in lofts where someone may step on it at the critical point?

I use plastic conduit!

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