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Whilst I can see where you are coming from he never asked me if this solution was acceptable to me.Taking into account that the solution that was installed was agreed with the owner, if they do not like the result any alterations now will need to be paid for by the owner.
Fair enough, I wasn't pointing a finger, but I'm sure you can appreciate that sometimes folk only give you half the story.Well he had a good think up in the loft & he came up with the solution we have now, the stripped cables.
I thought this was not "correct" so to speak but as I have said this is not my field so I had no way of knowing if this was acceptable or not so I was not in the position to make the call if there was a problem or not at the time.
Hence the creation of this thread, I am not trying to throw the guy under the bus I just wanted other peoples opinions on the work to see if my concerns had any merit.
Good thought Mate, I think the answer is to string the So called Electrician up that Decided to strip the Mech Protection from the cables and thread them down a conduit,and chuck his tools away, do every one a favour and rid the world of these cowboys and stop them poncing on the unsuspecting general public, and hear was I thinking that only suspect car dealers were up to this malarkey.I don’t see a problem with that, as long as it’s suitably sized; indeed I did suggest something similar earlier. The only issue I would have, is that this cable is connected to the fixed wiring with a suitable JB with suitable strain relief, and where it exits the split conduit, a suitable grommet is used.
BS7671 reg 521.9.1 (I think) mention use of flexible cable used in fixed wiring. Only caveat is using heavy duty flex. But in your case I can not see it be subject to any mechanical damage.
Is this a continuous solid conduit system, or an oval conduit for burying in the wall the use of twin and earth suggests the later, can you confirm please?
That must be a very large conduit to accommodate those three cables and keep within the requirements of BS 7671 and not exceed 45% of the net cross-sectional area.
He has used 25mm black conduit that is round, it is on the exterior wall of the house.
Also,to allow cables to be rawn in without damaging themSo in layman's terms there are to many cables for that size of conduit?
If the 4.0mm2 cable was removed would that compile with the regulations?
I presume this regulation is to prevent the cables from over heating?
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