Source
https://www.electricaldirectltd.co.nz/product/1-6-0mm-2Core-Earth-Flat-TPS-Per-Metre — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Electrical Direct NZ — LV cable price ($/m)
LV power-cable $/m reference for micro-hydro (RT_286) — but this run is reticulation
Electrical Direct Ltd NZ retail per-metre price for LV cable. Verified via curl+grep. Important: the powerhouse→community cable IS reticulation (CR_027), so it is documented here but excluded from the hydro distance term to avoid double-counting.
Summary
NZ retail per-metre price for low-voltage TPS cable — the LV power-cable material component that would connect a micro-hydro powerhouse to the community load. Recorded as a reference, but flagged: this cable run is the same wire the model already costs as reticulation (CR_027, ~$8,500/dwelling), so it is not added to the hydro D26 distance term (which is penstock-only) — otherwise the powerhouse→community wire is counted twice.
Key claims
- claim: "LV cable NZ retail per-metre list price: 6.0 mm 2-core + earth flat TPS = $8.34/m incl GST (product code CA6.0MM2C+EPM). Heavier buried-grade mains (e.g. 25 mm XLPE) run higher (~$20+/m from other NZ retailers); pick by current/voltage-drop over the run."
source_location: "Product page '6.0mm 2Core+Earth Flat TPS – Per Metre' — $8.34 inc GST (curl+grep confirmed: 8.34, 'inc GST', '6.0mm 2Core', 'Per Metre')"Neobiome Intelligence relevance
Documents the **LV power-cable /m** (~8/m for 6 mm TPS, more for heavier buried mains) — but the model excludes it from the micro-hydro distance term. Rationale: the powerhouse→community power cable is functionally reticulation (the LV network from any on-site generator to the dwellings), already a cost line via CR_027 (~8,500/dwelling, or ~80/m OH / ~300/m UG). Adding a hydro-specific cable /m on top would double-count the same wire (the exact double-count CR_027 itself warns about). So the hydro D26 distance term is penstock only (pipe URL_018 + earthworks); the cable is carried by reticulation. See micro_hydro.
Research targets
Documents to retrieve
- None new.
Research gaps
- None (cable is subsumed by the reticulation cost line, CR_027).
Notes
Web price captured direct via curl (electricaldirectltd.co.nz), no AI-retrieval provenance; the price ($8.34/m incl GST) and product (‘6.0mm 2Core+Earth Flat TPS – Per Metre’) were grep-confirmed in the raw HTML. data_quality high (verified current price), single-vendor list price.
Connections
Links to
Technologies (1): Micro-hydro (run-of-river, community-scale)
Referenced by
EDT domains (1): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems
Technologies (1): Micro-hydro (run-of-river, community-scale)
Sources (1): CR_054