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SWA Cable

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  • 11-08-2010 12:49pm
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    Kenny Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Does SWA Cable need to be underground or can it be clipped to a fence or wall im running a lenght from the house to the garden shed.


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    indie armada
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭indie armada


    yes it can be clipped with tc clips or more commonly cleats if its a hevier cable. most ppl just bury it for aesthetic reasons.

    ps....if you give me the size of the cable i can tell ye the size of cleat you need.


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    Randyleprechaun
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭Randyleprechaun


    No need for it to be buried but better to have it out of harms way.(high or low). Use proper cleats and decent screws to fix it to whatever.

    Make sure above all that you connected the steel wire strands to earth at both ends by using properly sized SWA glands(installed properly)


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    Kenny Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭Kenny Powers


    Thanks guys if I bury it does it have to be 2ft below ground level in a red tube and 1 foot above yellow warning tape?


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    HighlyCooL
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭HighlyCooL


    Randyleprechaun wrote: »
    Make sure above all that you connected the steel wire strands to earth at both ends by using properly sized SWA glands(installed properly)


    +1


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