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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. -- http://busker.org | http://www.clustervision.com |
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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? -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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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. -- http://busker.org | http://www.clustervision.com | +44 (0)20 8785 7436 |
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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.... -- SJW Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject |
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"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. |
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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. -- http://busker.org | http://www.clustervision.com | +44 (0)20 8785 7436 |
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