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Title: coving
Post by starflip on Aug 18^th, 2009, 6:56pm

With wiring zones letting you put cables 150mm into corners that are rcd protected of course. If the tidiest way to get a new cooker circuit to the kitchen is in behind the coving does it need to be armour or split or will twin and earth be acceptable ??

Title: Re: coving
Post by Lectrician on Aug 18^th, 2009, 9:02pm

Twin and earth behind coving with RCD protection is done fairly often if there is no other viable route. It is not the best practice, but I see it is acceptable.

Title: Re: coving
Post by howlingdog on Aug 19^th, 2009, 7:24pm

Seems ok to me too :)

Title: Re: coving
Post by sparky415 on Aug 19^th, 2009, 8:51pm

Don't swing on the cable when you are dragging it in ;)

Title: Re: coving
Post by Lectrician on Aug 20^th, 2009, 8:46pm

sparky415 wrote on Aug 19^th, 2009, 8:51pm:

Don't swing on the cable when you are dragging it in ;)

I would prefer to see it clipped to the wall prior to the coving being installed. Not sure I like the idea of fishing a cable in?

Title: Re: coving
Post by starflip on Aug 20^th, 2009, 12:50pm

cheers guys :)