3/029 singles cable for conduit

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lampy

[11 Mar, 2017 at 11:56 AM]

Here it is, its 3/.029 imperial size lighting cable, 3 stranded tinned copper, basically 1.5mm singles, the twin+e would be the same size at 3/.029

lampy

[11 Mar, 2017 at 11:58 AM]

lol, says 100 yards length

lampy

[11 Mar, 2017 at 12:02 PM]

think 2.5mm socket cable was 7/.029 of an inch imperial, that being of 7 strands at .029

AngryHorse

[11 Mar, 2017 at 03:35 PM]

100 yards! Very Happy

, thats a 91.4 meter roll in todays money! Cool

Kev

[11 Mar, 2017 at 08:32 PM]

Fuck the old measurements were quite hard to understand I'd be fucked!!

Simon_R

[11 Mar, 2017 at 08:42 PM]

My Dad used to know these old cable sizes I did'nt know what he was talking about.. LOL.

Kev

[11 Mar, 2017 at 08:47 PM]

When did we move to metric? Is this something we can blame on the crooked EU?

Simon_R

[11 Mar, 2017 at 09:03 PM]

At a guess I would say early 1970s

Kev

[11 Mar, 2017 at 09:34 PM]

Yes Simon I blame the EU then!

lampy

[11 Mar, 2017 at 11:10 PM]

my house was built in 1969, thats all imperial multy stranded twin+E, think its was about 1971 they changed

Kev

[11 Mar, 2017 at 11:56 PM]

Yeh would be as we joined the common market phil! Mad

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