14-11-2013, 03:59 PM
(14-11-2013, 09:19 AM)Radio Fixer Wrote: When I did the wiring I put everything in conduit but now days it seems to be a capping over the cable down to below work top height and then just loose lay below the kitchen units. I imagine that is now judged to be safe as everything is on an ELB.
Always was allowed. Certainly back to 14th edition regs you were allowed to bury T+E cable direct in the wall or run it clipped to the surface and you still are. There are details that have changed to do with exactly where you are allowed to run cables in walls.
One big change in 17th edition is that ALL sockets must be protected by an RCD. All other circuits must also be RCD protected unless certain conditions are met. The main exceptions are if the cable isn't buried or hidden in a wall anywhere along its length or, if buried, is run in a steel conduit or is armoured cable.
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