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Under what (if any!) circumstances is it permitted to run two separate cables to make up the conductor surface area of a larger cable (which, in this case is impossible to install...

Need to change 2 6mm radials for a single 10mm, but it's going to be near enough impossible to draw through a new cable due to lack of access to the route....

Are there any loop holes in the regs which will allow me to use the existing cables?

Excuse what's probably a really stupid question, I mainly do temp installations these days... Festival sites etc, so never have to overthink access and making do with what's already there!
 

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