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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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    Is it my eyes Andy, or is that cut-out mounted on a slope?


    0be5618116a93cfa0f60babf2db11f01-huge-2015.05.23---electricity--gas-meter-002.jpg

    Our flush mounted meter box has the cut-out mounted on the chipboard and the split-con cable from the hockey stick which runs up in the cavity feeds nicely into the cutout.


    We had the meter and cut-out moved from under the stairs in 2002 where a metal cased switch fuse is now fitted, well within 3 metres of the cut-out.  The 5 uninsulated earth cores of the split-con were taped up in green/yellow and taken to the earth block by the jointer.


    The photo was taken in 2015 just before an attempt was made to have a smart-meter fitted. The installation failed due to the gas and electricity meters being unable to communicate with each other; the onward communications between the electricity meter and whichever cell site used was good.  So luckily avoided being lumbered with a smets-1 no so smart meter.


    There are some nearby properties built by another national builder who must have positioned the switch fuse on the lounge wall, since there is no suitable location within 3 metres.....

    Clive

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    Is it my eyes Andy, or is that cut-out mounted on a slope?


    0be5618116a93cfa0f60babf2db11f01-huge-2015.05.23---electricity--gas-meter-002.jpg

    Our flush mounted meter box has the cut-out mounted on the chipboard and the split-con cable from the hockey stick which runs up in the cavity feeds nicely into the cutout.


    We had the meter and cut-out moved from under the stairs in 2002 where a metal cased switch fuse is now fitted, well within 3 metres of the cut-out.  The 5 uninsulated earth cores of the split-con were taped up in green/yellow and taken to the earth block by the jointer.


    The photo was taken in 2015 just before an attempt was made to have a smart-meter fitted. The installation failed due to the gas and electricity meters being unable to communicate with each other; the onward communications between the electricity meter and whichever cell site used was good.  So luckily avoided being lumbered with a smets-1 no so smart meter.


    There are some nearby properties built by another national builder who must have positioned the switch fuse on the lounge wall, since there is no suitable location within 3 metres.....

    Clive

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