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I've met one of those too, no bar-end box, no tri-rated, just 1mm² T+E threaded through, up the M12 drop and all the way back. FWIW 3-core flex would have been a definite improvement.IWB made up with switched 13A sockets
Then there's the problem of general architects specifying unusable kit. We had an odd one, only a small install (college theatre) with 48 channels or so, where the architect (singular) designed everything. It was a tall thin new-build box with static bars right up the top, you could hang as many fixtures as you liked but still couldn't light the space. Anyhow the cable specced was 3-core FP, 48 runs on an 18" tray running along the flank wall and up the USR corner. We laughed our heads off, but only managed to persuade him to go to 4C+E so we could halve the number of cables. Trunking was taboo. There were so many other problems with that job though, we let it ride. I think we had to go back after the main contractors had signed off and do a load of alterations to make it usable. Again, 18C flex would have been a massive improvement.