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You don’t know the installation method of the tails, it was possibly signed off because they were installed in compliance with bs7671, there’s a switch fuse at the origin and the tails could be installed with mechanical protection in accordance with 522.6.204 indent iv, so if maybe compliant, you can’t condemn something that you think might be wrong without evidence, is the customer happy for you to bash the wall out to see?Which would probably be a much easier option - and cheaper for the customer too.
The extra question is - how did this get signed off in the first place. I’ve heard it happens regularly - this being a property less than 10’years old so 17th edition regs - they still required this protection didn’t they?
I have installed a short length of meter tails buried in a wall using this method, except I write this down in the comments section on the EIC.
I can’t imagine the customer would be happy for you to bash holes in ceilings/ walls and take up the chipboard floor to run in another cable, or have an ugly swa clipped externally to the house, if it’s not necessary.
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