Difference Between Lead Sheathed Wiring and Conduit Wiring

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Difference Between Lead Sheathed Wiring and Conduit Wiring
	Particulars	Lead Sheathed Wiring	Conduit Wiring
1.	Material required	Teak wood batten, lead, sheath cables, wooden gutties, screws, clips, or joint clips boards, round boards etc.	Conduit pipe, VIR or PVC cables, saddles or pipe hooks, wooden gutties, screws. IC boxes, IC bends, tees etc., with IC socket and screws.
2.	Cost	Costly	Very costly
3.	Voltage	Low (upto 250V)	Low or medium (upto 660 V)
4.	Life (durability)	Long	Very long
5.	Protection against fire	Good	Very good
6.	Mechanical protection	Fairly good	Fairly good
7.	Dampness protection	Good	Fairly good
8.	Appearance	Fair	Very good
9.	Type of labour required	Skilled	Highly skilled
10.	General reliability	Fairly good	Very good
11.	Additions or Alternations to the existing wiring	Not very difficult	Most difficult
12.	No. of points that can be wired per day by a wire man with a mate	4	3
13.	Fields of application	Only used for service main etc. because of its high cost and heavy short circuit in case of leakage.	Mainly for downs, workshops and public buildings.