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Is this arrangement compliant or not?


Consumer unit. R.C.D. protected shower circuit supplied by a B40 M.C.B. which runs to a cord ceiling switch  in the shower room in 6.0mm2 T&E. Old electric shower removed. New power shower installed with water supplied from tanks. 0.63 Amp transformer in loft to feed new integral shower pump motor. Loft transformer fed via 3 Amp fused switched fused connection unit on a 1.0mm2 T&E cable from old shower ceiling cord switch. 1.0 mm2 T&E run 2.5 metres.


P.S. The switched fused connection unit is at the end of the supply cables.


Confirmation or condemnation by regs. please.


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    How is the 6mm cable installed?  It could be too small for the B40 cb anyway.  The 1mm cable should be the other side of the 3A fuse.  The 2.5m run of 1mm is not protected and if there was a fault on this section the EFLI would be too high for timely operation of the B40 cb
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    How is the 6mm cable installed?  It could be too small for the B40 cb anyway.  The 1mm cable should be the other side of the 3A fuse.  The 2.5m run of 1mm is not protected and if there was a fault on this section the EFLI would be too high for timely operation of the B40 cb
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