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Are you sure? looks like waxed cotton outer maybe VIR inside it? Not quite the black VIR I am sometimes confronted with. Having come across that type of cable before if you poke it around (not live of course!) it seems to break apart like some waxed inner core of something but it does not seem like VIR.
I wonder what the original reasoning for those terminations were. Were they test points for phase rotation maybe?? Or tapping point (would not think so)?
The whole thing looks ad hoc and home made to me.
that should be covered in the risk assessment and safe system of work for working in (or near to) the trunking.
Would interesting to know if all conductors were isolated before the lid was removed for the initial inspection.
On doing the initial EICR the trunking lid wasn't removed, one of the limitations. Only had a look inside when trying to investigate the distribution method to fuse-boards. put the lid back on sharpish. The final circuits are also poor- borrowed neutrals no earths to luminaires etc etc. Have agreed a plan with client to do away with this and start again.Agree with much of the above. Opinion varies about how dead the contents of a trunking should be before removing the lid; we all know that it's sometimes difficult to achieve or prove. However if special attention is called to this in the O&M, and the SSOW specifically states it must be proven isolated before the trunking lid is opened, the hazard is mitigated. A sticker at one fastener on each lid length that conceals terminals could help call attention to the setup for those who don't read the RAMS.
It's VIR, which is mostly rubber!
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