Hi,

When raggling cables into a wall what do you need to wrap them in to protect them?

Cheers

Paul

In the past when I have raggled walls I have run the cable through steel conduit, available from Screwfix.

I plaster after an electrician quite regularly and he doesn't cover the cables at all. I cover them with bonding plaster which seems to be quite a common way of doing it, although the electricians have to do it themselves or it has to be done before it goes live because the plaster counts as protection and the cables have to be RCD protected.

Otherwise plastic capping is used but it is a waste of money and makes it harder to plaster.

Thats ok, although personally there is the danger of someone hitting unprotected cables with fixings such as nails or screws.

im sorry but capping doesnt stop screws...

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Plasterer in Coventry

If you run the cables within safe zones (above, below, left and right, then there is no need to protect them with armor plated conduit. Safe zones as per IEE onsite guide. 17th Edition insists that any cables buried in a wall are also RCD protected unless they are more than 50mm deep!

If you put a screw into a cable that has been run correctly, then you shouldn't have done. Luckily with the new dual RCD boards, you have a negligible chance of dying.

If you feel the need to protect all your cable with steel conduit, then you can save money by running armored cable but you will spend twice as much and twice as long.

Hi,

Thanks for all the replys, is bonding the preferred plaster to cover them?

Cheers

Paul

All electricians use bonding because they have heard of it. Hardwall will do the job just a as well proivded you Pva.