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looking great mate
did u have to get planning to build the shed or did u just put it up
come and finish mine if you like
I need to stay off the grog and finish mine, the great burst of enthuse at the start seems to have waned a little.
Four beer free days in a row last week, I felt great, enthusiastic, full of energy, it is surprising how much you can get done with a clear head.
But then I went on a bender....
oh man I know that feeling too well! I need some days off the booze too.
But I have been working also thats my excuse.
It's always the beer I leave it alone now, and replace it with a dram or two of a nice single malt or good bourbon No 'morning after' feeling or lack of energy nowI need to stay off the grog and finish mine, the great burst of enthuse at the start seems to have waned a little.
Four beer free days in a row last week, I felt great, enthusiastic, full of energy, it is surprising how much you can get done with a clear head.
But then I went on a bender....
This is the chart you need.
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Edit: the glands are usually a fair bit bigger than the cable diameter.
those are outdoor glands with the sealing ring .provided the steel sheath grips the tapered serated gland and isn't loose they will be ok inside .just make sure the plastic shrouds are fitted and cover over most of the brass gland
buy smaller ones that fit the cable .there still 20mm with a locknut but smaller diameter locking ringsNobody will ever know, muahaha.
Thing is, how are they supposed to work if I needed a watertight connection, which was the original plan?
buy smaller ones that fit the cable .there still 20mm with a locknut but smaller diameter locking rings
dunno I allways check at wholesalers that they are correct and the cleats fit the cable properly before I leaveI can’t find anything that indicates what fits diameter cable. As per the table above, what actual gland fits 15mm OD cable?
I can’t find anything that indicates what fits diameter cable. As per the table above, what actual gland fits 15mm OD cable?
external glands there just not the right size if they don't squeeze down on the sheatheIt's surprising how much that rubber seal will expand when you tighten it up. It is possible they've sent you the next size up of glands by mistake, definitely wouldn't be the first time.
In the electric world nothing is done off the outer diameter of the cable it's all done off CSA of the conductors and the number of cores.
Position your inlets so the cable is coming up from below (so water would run out of the small end of the shroud, not into it) and that gland and the shroud combined will keep out any water. Water ingress into SWA in my experience comes from the enclosure the cable is made off into either leaking or condensing and allowing it to run into the gland and down into the armouring rather than through the shroud and gland itself.
If you're worried about water ingress you can get glands with a higher IP rating, they're more like a stuffing gland but specifically for SWA, their name escapes me right now though.
external glands there just not the right size if they don't squeeze down on the sheathe