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My goodness so sorry to hear that! Please keep us updated

Yes will be doing that. What you say makes sense, I just want to be well informed so that the electrician I use doesn't try and take shortcuts with me. Thanks

Thanks Talia, I have 2x 6KW Luxpower inverters, 23 meters away from the DB. While each inverter has a continous passthrough rating of 50A (100A total), it will be limited by a 50A breaker anyways. Thank you for the pics, I think the bottom entry will have to be used in the end, with the proper metal swa cable size 2 glands. Quick question though, if the case was that i had a spare conduit open on top, how would the sparky feed the cable through? I'm assuming the outer insulation and steel mesh will be cut away for the part entering the conduit. I'm just not clear on how the SWA would interface with the conduit in the roof, in other words is there a special connector or gland that must be used or is the cable just fed into the conduit and thats it? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to be well informed in case the sparky decides that he can re-arrange some wires in the other conduits to free up one or 2 more, and I want to make sure it is done right of course. Thank you kindly,

Hi Talia, I know it is overkill, I just want piece of mind that the cable can survive people stepping on it in my roof, or be more resistant to rat attacks etc. Also I can get it at a price only slightly higher than Norsk to figured it would be worth it. Thanks

Thanks Denns for the suggestion and the pics, much appreciated!

Hi Everyone, Not sure if this is the right section, but it is related to Solar in a way. Long story short, my solar installation will be using 2x 16mm2 3-core SWA cable, to and from the inverters. My DB in the house is 2x 16 way I think, flush in the wall with steel face plate. My question is how would a sparky generally introduce the cable into the DB, when there is no space in the conduits available? Can it be mounted with saddles on the wall and then have the wall chipped away on the side or top of the DB face plate for it to slip though? Of perhaps put it in trunking next to the side of the face place and again chip out the wall behind the trunking for it to enter the DB? Ideally I wouldn't want them to chase the wall to hide cable, unless if it is a code requirement. If anyone has pics of how theirs' was done in a similiar way, please do share? Thank you kindly

Awesome thank you very much @TaliaB

Hi @TaliaB, Thanks very much for the answer, i really appreciate it. So for question 2, For now I'll be using 32A MCBs for this 16mm² cable, but should I upgrade the inverter in future, and I stick to lets say a 50A MCB, then I wouldn't require the extra earth conductor? Or do I need the extra conductor solely on the fact that the cable is capable of more than 60A? Thanks again

Thank you Scorp for your reply! 1. Ok thanks 2. Oh that's great news, that saves me some time and money 3. That makes sense, thank you

Hi All, Hope you all are doing well, Please can you help me with 3 questions I have? I currently have a 16mm flat twin + earth cable running from my house to an outside building, spanning about 4.5 meters, and about 2.5m overhead above ground. It runs in a PVC conduit. The conduit and cable does not sag, as they have been run through a larger aluminium pipe which is fixed between house and the carport. 1. I want to know if this meets the SANS requirements for outdoor wiring please? I tried looking for this info however I was not successful. 2. If the answer to question 1 is Yes, then I would like to run a second 16mm flat twin + earth cable in a seperate PVC conduit fixed to the first one. I will then use both these cables to connect an Inverter. From what I understand, I would need to run a seperate Earth wire to and from the inverter, as the one included in the Flat twin + earth cable is not large enough. Should I be using a 16mm Earth wire for this? Also, do i also use the earth wire in the flat twin + earth cable or do i cut it short. 3. Regarding solar panel grounding, which size cable should be used? Also, can this be solar wire (6mm), or do I need to use green/yellow GP wire? Thank you all for your expert advise