Advantages and Disadvantages of Wooden Casing and Capping Wiring

Advantages and Disadvantages of Wooden Casing and Capping Wiring Points : advantages and disadvantages of wooden casing and capping wiring Advantages

1. Cheap in cost as compared to lead sheathed and conduit wiring system.
2. Easy to install and rewire.
3. It provides good insulation as conductors are good distance apart.
4. Free from trouble of condensation so advantageous in tropical countries where there might be trouble from condensation of moisture in steel conduit.
5. Easy to inspect by opening the capping.

Disadvantages

1. This type of wiring, even being coated with paint or shellac varnish, is not damp proof so can not be used in damp places.
2. Since there is a risk of fire, so it can not be used where there is a possibility of fire hazard.
3. This type of wiring can be used only on surface and can not be concealed in plaster.