Is this acceptable/good practise?

[wollopdonkey1]

Hello

We are having some work done to our kitchen and have a question about part of the works the local spark has done/doing.

He said he has spurred of the socket to a low level socket to feed the under worktop fridge & freezer.
The socket will be easily accesbile within the cupboard so no need for a switch above the worktop.




Our concern is at low level where the right angle is the cable is expossed, is this acceptable? The wall will be plastred with sand & cement.

.


There is a similar situation with the cooker wire, the cable is exposed at the corers.






Does the cable need protecting from the plaster at these points??

Any advice would be really appricated thanks!! :seeya:

 

[Plonker 3]

Edit: Not looking or reading properly :13:

 

[malcolmsanford]

No.....................need to worry it's ok and normal practice to have the bends open

I would be having a word with your electrician mentioning zones, concerning that cooker cable, the horizontal run looks like it is not with a pre-subscribed zone for cable

 

[telectrix]

cables don't need protecting from the plaster as it doesn't react as was the case with older cables and the old type of plaster. capping is used nowadays solely to protect cable from damage by the plasterer's trowel. however, cables should only be run vertically and/or horizontally from fittings, so clearly in pic. 2, the routeing of the cable does not comply with regulations.

 

[wollopdonkey1]

Are the cables we can see going to be plastered in? Or is it just staying surface wired?

Possibly the hrizontal cable doing the fridge & freezer will be left exposed as it will be behind the appliances and not on show.

The wire doing the cooker will be complety plastered

No.....................need to worry it's ok and normal practice to have the bends open

I would be having a word with your electrician mentioning zones, concerning that cooker cable, the horizontal run looks like it is not with a pre-subscribed zone for cable

The house wiring is fed via two rcd's does this make a differnce how the wires are run?

Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!

 

[telectrix]

malcolm beat me again... DOH!

 

[malcolmsanford]

malcolm beat me again... DOH!

snooze you loose old mate........................

WD sorry no if the cable is buried it need to be run in subscribed zones and that horizontal one is not. We could write you a full description of zones here, but as I said just mentioned to your electrician is that a prescribed zone and he should then say ahhhhh no sorry and change it

 

[wollopdonkey1]

snooze you loose old mate........................

WD sorry no if the cable is buried it need to be run in subscribed zones and that horizontal one is not. We could write you a full description of zones here, but as I said just mentioned to your electrician is that a prescribed zone and he should then say ahhhhh no sorry and change it

ok I will mention it to him and get back to you if his reposnse is worrying lol

cheers

 

[BACON]

In picture 2 the cable looks like it is coming down from a single socket, which I thought is a zone

 

[malcolmsanford]

In picture 2 the cable looks like it is coming down from a single socket, which I thought is a zone

Yes it is coming down from an accessory it's the horizontal bit that is not in a zone

 

[wollopdonkey1]

In picture 2 the cable looks like it is coming down from a single socket, which I thought is a zone

Are people not refering to the horizontal run?

its the cooker switch on the left and a cooker conection unit on the right.

 

[Amp David]

Lets hope your sparks on this forum, he'll be well peed off lol

Never see the point in using the oval conduit on anything other than a straight run

 

[wollopdonkey1]

Lets hope your sparks on this forum, he'll be well peed off lol

Never see the point in using the oval conduit on anything other than a straight run

Peed off :shocked: why?

From what little the pics show does it look rough?

 

[Amp David]

Asking on here before going to him first.

Wasn't meaning to anger you in any way either

 

[Engineer54]

Peed off :shocked: why?

From what little the pics show does it look rough?

Wasn't you was it by any chance WD?? lol!!!:seeya: