Armour/insulation on 16mm^2 supply
 

Morning all,

Situation: New consumer unit + meter inside old metal box which used to
house wired fuse CU. The metal door has been lost many, many owners in the
past.

CU - House = various twin-earth and some 4mm^2 (in trunking)
Meter - CU = "double insulated" 25mm^2
Supply - Meter = singular insulated 16mm^2.

According to the rules the last bit doesn't quite follow the rules
(even though it seems to be the most recent bit of wiring).

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies
together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make
them safe?

Gerd.

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Gerd Busker wrote:

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies
together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make
them safe?

You omit one bit of information.... is this metal box inside or outside
the house?

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Cheers,

John.

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John Rumm wrote:
Gerd Busker wrote:

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies
together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make
them safe?

You omit one bit of information.... is this metal box inside or outside
the house?

Ah, yes, inside the house, sunken into the wall.

G.



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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:59:10 +0000, Gerd Busker
strung together this:

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies
together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make
them safe?

Any chance of a picture, you've lost me....
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"Gerd Busker" wrote in message
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John Rumm wrote:
Gerd Busker wrote:

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies
together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make
them safe?

You omit one bit of information.... is this metal box inside or outside
the house?

Ah, yes, inside the house, sunken into the wall.


Aghh, a mantell unit, absolutely horrible to look at and work on.

Stephen Dawson wrote:

"Gerd Busker" wrote in message
...
John Rumm wrote:
Gerd Busker wrote:

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies
together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make
them safe?

You omit one bit of information.... is this metal box inside or outside
the house?

Ah, yes, inside the house, sunken into the wall.


Aghh, a mantell unit, absolutely horrible to look at and work on.

Indeed. But now it's just a metal cladded crevice in the wall, so the
single insulated cables from the 'lectric co are the least protected
conductor in there. Is there a way to protect them better? Trunking? A
slieve of some sort?

G.


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