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MK-MIKE
Hi all,
Silly question probably so please be gentle.
I am shortly going to be carrying out a CU change. I am happy with extending circuits with crimps and heatshrink etc. However the customer has asked if it would be possible to lower the CU to a more suitable height (the existing one is butt up against the ceiling!), no problems usually I usually create a shallow box to mount the CU onto or use conduit to hide the cables.
I can readily extend the meter tails, EC and gas bond (as they are just the other side of the wall to the CU, however I would need to extend the MPBC for the Water side by about 50cm. The shape and layout of the house and the routing of the cables would necessitate a LOT of floorboards coming up (and the bathroom which is right above the CU has a tiled floor so access not possible.) in order to run a new length of bonding.
Is it OK to extend the MPBC with say crimps and heatshrink? (all the extended sections will be accessible for inspection afterwards, although I know that crimped connections are classed as maintenance free)
All bonding is 10mm (readings are well within 0.05ohm), connection to EC is 16mm and supply is TNC-S (25mm meter tails)
Cheers
Mike
Silly question probably so please be gentle.
I am shortly going to be carrying out a CU change. I am happy with extending circuits with crimps and heatshrink etc. However the customer has asked if it would be possible to lower the CU to a more suitable height (the existing one is butt up against the ceiling!), no problems usually I usually create a shallow box to mount the CU onto or use conduit to hide the cables.
I can readily extend the meter tails, EC and gas bond (as they are just the other side of the wall to the CU, however I would need to extend the MPBC for the Water side by about 50cm. The shape and layout of the house and the routing of the cables would necessitate a LOT of floorboards coming up (and the bathroom which is right above the CU has a tiled floor so access not possible.) in order to run a new length of bonding.
Is it OK to extend the MPBC with say crimps and heatshrink? (all the extended sections will be accessible for inspection afterwards, although I know that crimped connections are classed as maintenance free)
All bonding is 10mm (readings are well within 0.05ohm), connection to EC is 16mm and supply is TNC-S (25mm meter tails)
Cheers
Mike
