Rabbithunter 456 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Right, were re-wiring a load of houses, belonging to a housing association. We have been informed that we now must put the 25mm meter tails in either; Trunking Buried in the wall 2" Or protected by an RCD I would have thought this is a load of shite as they are double insulated. And as a normal rule, they are situated on an incandescent backing board. Who on earth is going to come & bang a nail through them? Anyway, we adered to the rules, and used 2x2 trunking. and it just makes a mountain out of a molehill..... opinions, thoughts & facts please Edited November 6, 2008 by Rabbithunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 S eriously E nterprising L oaded E lectrical C ontracting T outs or as my mate puts it... 'jobs for the boys' On the original topic.. safer where you can see them...Imho. i am not a sparky, but an automation engineer... 3phase motor control, plcs, fieldbus, inverters, panel building etc.. In general.... More pointless regs, more cost, more reason for pointless inspection boards, and old boys clubs... More cost to industry=less cost efficient=more redundancies, etc etc etc. Germans manke the rules, Brtitains follow the rules, french break the rules RANT OVER... Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jembo 0 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Its all down to Building Regulations, what they say goes! They update everything every couple of months just because they are bored!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woodchip 2 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 the 17th edition has just come out check it . but it sounds right to me from what the sparks at work have told me about it its all about protection and protecting the circuit.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oneredtrim Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) . Edited November 9, 2008 by oneredtrim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 What was the final outcome with the intermittent circiut reading on two seperate dwellings? We boiled it down to shit cable and shit accessories Last week we got actually got an installation that all read >1000megohms on every circuit between every conductor we meggerd a drum of cable, brand spanker, and it gave shit readings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ESS Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 What was the final outcome with the intermittent circiut reading on two seperate dwellings? We boiled it down to shit cable and shit accessories Last week we got actually got an installation that all read >1000megohms on every circuit between every conductor we meggerd a drum of cable, brand spanker, and it gave shit readings Serves you right for being a house basher lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I just had my NIC inspection last week and the inspector never mentioned that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jakeuk1 0 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Just finished my 17th regs course, Tails are ok if double insulated anything from the board outwards should really be protected by an RCD/RCBO unless protected as mentioned. Most consumer units being produced are split load rcd to compl with these regs. A bit of trunking does no harm tho! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thats right, the only time really you can get away not using an rcd is if the cable is not burried in any way in the fabric of the building, the only exception being if it is contained in some kind if steel conduit or trunking, then still it must not supply a socket outlet or a circuit in a bathroom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ESS Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thats right, the only time really you can get away not using an rcd is if the cable is not burried in any way in the fabric of the building, the only exception being if it is contained in some kind if steel conduit or trunking, then still it must not supply a socket outlet or a circuit in a bathroom. Lol the way its going you will be rewiring houses in steel wired armoured cable next Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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