Flex, Cord Grips and Fittings

Choosing and preparing lighting flex, cord grips and candle tubes.

• Candle Tube Sizes Explained

  Candle tubes come in many sizes.

• Cord Grips Explained

  Cord grips on a lamp are a very important part of the installation, as they are used to stop any pulling of the flex causing the wires to come out of the lampholder connections. You need to imagine holding the lamp up by the wire and ensuring there is no strain on the connections.

• Do I need a 2 core or 3 core flex cable

  It’s not straight forward, but basically if you use a plastic lampholder it’s a 2 core flex and if you use a metal lampholder it’s a 3 core flex.

• How to strip braided cable the correct way!

  Our way of stripping the braided cables.

• How to terminate our rope cable

  This guide is to help you terminate the fabric rope cable.

• Using Our Cable Stripping Tool

  This guide is to help you use our fabric cable stripper. We recommend in practising on an offcut piece of cable if possible to ensure it’s not going to damage the cable.

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