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beaver74

come across a 32A circuit feeding 4 x 100w lamps fed via 6.00mm swa but at far end lighting is conected via 1.5mm flex .so in theory this cant over load 1.5 flex earth loop of .78 so can this be accipted as earth loop will clear fault under fault just as a 2.5mm t+e can be protected by a 32A breaker as max load will be 26A
if so can any one point me in the direction of the reg this is covered by
 

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