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In message , Dave Osborne
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Garry wrote:
What size cable clips are used for
25mm Tails and 16mm earth wire.
I cant seem to find the coorect ones.
thanks
Garry


Never seen meter tails clipped in my whole life...


On the whole no, but then they are generally installed close to the
meter and probably not long enough.

But when I moved my CU around a corner I clipped the tails.


Usually (IME), if the meter and consumer unit are immediately adjacent,
clips for tails are not necessary. (The DNO/meter operator almost
certainly won't have used clips between the cutout and meter and
they're not yours to mess with so notionally, you shouldn't clip them
either). If meter and consumer unit are further apart (up to 2m length
of tails notional max.), then tails usually go in 50 x 50 plastic trunking.

Routing it through trunking sound like it would have been awakard and a
bit faffy/messy for mine.

I asked a similar question here and used 12mm plastic P clips secured
with round headed screws

Ebay was cheapest for the few I needed.

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Chris French