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Insulated tails used to supply flats

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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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    It's a horror installation,  the other side of the wall is the main intake, all tails are bunched and hanging in cable ties, supplier cable laying on the floor! It just under 3m length on the tails.


    The switch fuses have had the covers so badly cut you can get your finger in there. The board they are fixed to is falling off the wall. I honestly thought they were temporary supplies when I saw this!

    the earth cables are jointed with a floating connector block in the switch fuse covers, these look to be rated at no more then 30A.

    We may end up going the legal route as the automatic fire smoke vents fitted and fire shutter are illegal and the main contractor is denying liability so I'll keep their details anonymous for now. It's a national home builder though....


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    It's a horror installation,  the other side of the wall is the main intake, all tails are bunched and hanging in cable ties, supplier cable laying on the floor! It just under 3m length on the tails.


    The switch fuses have had the covers so badly cut you can get your finger in there. The board they are fixed to is falling off the wall. I honestly thought they were temporary supplies when I saw this!

    the earth cables are jointed with a floating connector block in the switch fuse covers, these look to be rated at no more then 30A.

    We may end up going the legal route as the automatic fire smoke vents fitted and fire shutter are illegal and the main contractor is denying liability so I'll keep their details anonymous for now. It's a national home builder though....


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