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More pertinent, wrapping it in Earth tape implies to any passing ignoramus that all the wires inside are safe to touch.

Here are the glands, for those not familiar. First pic shows the 2-part types for internal work; second is the 3-part gland which has an extra nut with seal for external use:





They're not too bad once you get used to them, but you do sometimes get comments along the lines of "I thought you were doing wiring, not plumbing!"

Yes! The various colored tapes seem to be less "sticky" in general than black, but I've noticed that green/yellow is particularly prone to this problem.

Trimix,

Welcome to the forum! Whereabouts in Blighty are you located?

Don't worry about the terminology; our American cousins have trouble with ours as well.

As you might have guessed from the prevalent rust, this is right by the sea.

There are some more pics from the same site in this thread:

https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000518.html



[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 02-05-2007).]

The yellow/green tape here is also much stiffer than the other colors, for whatever reason.
I have to admit I never really used that stuff since I don't think it's a code requirement, so I don't even bother carrying around more than one color.