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HI all,

usually take tails form a MEB box to consumer unit no matter what the length as long as i can get the 50mm depth, builder has told me he wants it in SWA, ive told him its pretty much impossible to terminate it right if i use SWA also i run up the cavity with the tails and there is no way i can get SWA up there so will have to run inside up the wall which i hate doing, what do you guys do if using SWA??

Cheers
Grand
 
I've put metal switch fuses in meterboxes before but used the protek ones as there not too big, gland the swa into it then gland it into the metal ccu if possible, if its in a cupboard id just bring the armoured out and go surface into the bottom of the ccu, provide a pot of white paint if the customer doesn't like the look of it :)
 
It maybe argued that the meter cabinet is outside the scope of bs 7671 so can't be used in the sense of a non combustible enclosure as bs 7671 sees it, then its maybe a departure which goes back round to what dave said but only slightly different reasoning.

Anyone still listening zzzzzzzzzzzz
 
I've finally found some of the pictures i was looking for earlier. This job was done in early 2015 so had a completely legitimate plastic CU fitted.

This is what I mean about the flush box behind the CU
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And this is the supply end in progress, I can't find any pictures of it finished but you get the idea, and the KMF is the right way up!

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I've finally found some of the pictures i was looking for earlier. This job was done in early 2015 so had a completely legitimate plastic CU fitted.

This is what I mean about the flush box behind the CU
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And this is the supply end in progress, I can't find any pictures of it finished but you get the idea, and the KMF is the right way up!

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Ferrous box with live and neutral going through separate holes?

Edit going through timber or something else rather? thought I'd caught you out dave :)
 
Terminate the SWA into a metal flush box behind the CU

Yes,as I explained (and you later posted pictures of yours) that is exactly what I have done on many occasions

I never terminate swa without a shroud,having said that,we never used to fit any sort of shroud on Pildwa cable, so other than corrosion and maybe looking better,your later statement about not fitting shrouds had me scratching my head for a good reason to disagree

My last thought about not using a shroud is that Pyro always looks abysmal if it does not have one
 
My last thought about not using a shroud is that Pyro always looks abysmal if it does not have one

Presumably you are talking about sheathed pyro?
That is where it started on that job, it was all bare pyro apart from the SWA submain, so to keep it consistent with the brass pyro glands and bare copper cable I didn't fit a shroud on the brass SWA gland.
 
That's why I never take photos of any of my work (not that any of it is worth photographing), certainly not post them here to get ripped to shreds. But it just goes to show that even ardent professionals can get things wrong. While we're on that subject, where's the core identification of the grey & black cables, and cable not terminated and those terminal screws aren't aligned.

Absolutely shocking :). Now NO FFO
 
I think I did, can't remember now though.
I've got a feeling I might have fitted a lug onto the earth and put a brass bolt through the banjo too.

Arrrrhhoff, just covering your tracks now. Bet the next electrician along in twenty years time will be posting it on this forum, as 'look what I found today'.
 
That's why I never take photos of any of my work (not that any of it is worth photographing), certainly not post them here to get ripped to shreds. But it just goes to show that even ardent professionals can get things wrong. While we're on that subject, where's the core identification of the grey & black cables, and cable not terminated and those terminal screws aren't aligned.

Absolutely shocking :). Now NO FFO

I often take photos as a record of what I've done and as a reference for future jobs. I have no issue with my work being criticised here, I could learn something.

What you can't see so well is that there isn't even a service cable, cutout and meter in the box yet, it's just not good enough in my opinion.
 
HI all,

usually take tails form a MEB box to consumer unit no matter what the length as long as i can get the 50mm depth, builder has told me he wants it in SWA, ive told him its pretty much impossible to terminate it right if i use SWA also i run up the cavity with the tails and there is no way i can get SWA up there so will have to run inside up the wall which i hate doing, what do you guys do if using SWA??

Cheers
Grand

Nonsense opening statement/comment and then 4 pages!
 
I often take photos as a record of what I've done and as a reference for future jobs. I have no issue with my work being criticised here, I could learn something.

What you can't see so well is that there isn't even a service cable, cutout and meter in the box yet, it's just not good enough in my opinion.

I was joshing with you davesparks. I praise anyone posting pics of their work. I wouldn't. :)
 

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