Armour/insulation on 16mm^2 supply

[Gerd Busker]

Morning all,

Situation: New consumer unit + meter inside old metal box which used to house wired fuse CU. The metal door has been lost many, many owners in the past.

CU -> House = various twin-earth and some 4mm^2 (in trunking) Meter -> CU = "double insulated" 25mm^2 Supply -> Meter = singular insulated 16mm^2.

According to the rules the last bit doesn't quite follow the rules (even though it seems to be the most recent bit of wiring).

Given the lack of metal door, is the best solution to stick the supplies together into fat plastic trunking? Or is there some other way to make them safe?

Gerd.

[John Rumm]

You omit one bit of information.... is this metal box inside or outside the house?

[Gerd Busker]

Ah, yes, inside the house, sunken into the wall.

G.

[Lurch]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:59:10 +0000, Gerd Busker strung together this:

Any chance of a picture, you've lost me....

[Stephen Dawson]

Aghh, a mantell unit, absolutely horrible to look at and work on.

[Gerd Busker]

Indeed. But now it's just a metal cladded crevice in the wall, so the single insulated cables from the 'lectric co are the least protected conductor in there. Is there a way to protect them better? Trunking? A slieve of some sort?

G.