Insulated tails used to supply flats

Former Community Member over 5 years ago

We have a block of flats completed in 2017 that have supplies to individual flats in insulated twin and earth.

These cables are fed from a switch fuse and then into a ceiling disappearing into the building fabric.

I no longer carry electrical regs books (Approved sparks but fire specialist) but I did flag up the poor way these cables were installed and questioned if they required a RCD as they were not in metal conduit of armoured cables as I normally see.

Was it not a requirement in a 2015 amendment that all cables such as this were protected/RCD?

Many thanks for taking the time to read.

Paul.

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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

The way I explained this to our electrical supervisor was that the supply cable entering the flats distribution board would have to be metal conduit protected if its flush fitted, if the board is fitted to a wall the supply cable will be in the wall...

Is that me being pedantic or is this why all our new sites use armoured cables for supplies?
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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

The way I explained this to our electrical supervisor was that the supply cable entering the flats distribution board would have to be metal conduit protected if its flush fitted, if the board is fitted to a wall the supply cable will be in the wall...

Is that me being pedantic or is this why all our new sites use armoured cables for supplies?
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