Use Staples?

[PSE]

They are fine until the staple hits a knot in the timber and flirts the staple into the cable,

Even worse when you don't see the damage until you start chasing your tail when commissioning

[Amps]

The 4.5mm clips will have been supplied with of late make staples a very attractive choice!

What clips for 8 core are peeps using these days?

Edited April 27, 2014 by steveo44

[Rulland]

2.5mm T+E, no fecking chance of damaging the 8core, seriously though surely we use staplers/clips, we all run the risk of damaging a cable!-put one 8 core in 16x25 trunking just to be on the safe side?.

[james.wilson]

Ive used staple guns since I was 14 never had an issue apart from when I've stapled blind and hit the cable. Never had a knot fire an end back into the cable when correctly seated. Not saying it can't happen just never happened to me

[Rulland]

As James, had mis-fired staples, pulled them out, metered the cable, very, very rare to actually cut a core.

[james.wilson]

Misfired sounds a lot better than not being able to seen the breech and firing anyway. Ta

[wsssecurityandfire]

I think it all depends on the engineer and his understanding of the problems you can get not just at commissioning time but later on in the movie , I have always used a staple gun in the correct areas and experience tough me to be careful, Although i do like to trunk were i can or aluminium tubing 

[matthew.brough]

I like aluminium tubing. Useful for persuading people to your way of thinking

[PSE]

A 500mm piece of 25mm galv tube kept in the front of the van, Now that's a good persuader

[matthew.brough]

Man after my own thinking.

*disclaimer*

TSI does not condone the use of heavy conduit for use as an offence weapon in inappropriate conditions. A vote on TSI determined use on union representatives, salesmen and NACOSS inspectors did not class as inappropriate conditions.