Overload protection omission

[Ian1981]

Had a quick look in the BYB. The '3m rule' is to do with reg 433.2.2.
Something for me to read in a bit more detail and compare against fault protection requirements sometime.

The '3 meter rule as it were comes with 2 other stipulations so all 3 have to be met to comply not just the fact it's under 3 meters and fault/overload protection still needs to be installed after the '3 meters' protecting the load side

 

[westward10]

Aside from it not being provided with suitable circuit protection I find it difficult to believe it is actually correctly restrained at the outlet plate.

 

[Ian1981]

Aside from it not being provided with suitable circuit protection I find it difficult to believe it is actually correctly restrained at the outlet plate.

imagine trying to get 1.0mm flex into 45amp cooker outlet terminals

 

[Lucien Nunes]

It's not only the flex you can see - how do you know what kind of wiring is inside between the input and the internal fuse? The hob manufacturers will have considered this when stipulating the required protection and I doubt the their instructions permit fusing at 32A. You only have to take the MI into account, but you would be hard pressed to justify ignoring their recommended max S/C protection.

 

[westward10]

imagine trying to get 1.0mm flex into 45amp cooker outlet terminals

Just strip back a meter of copper and fold it over thirty times

 

[Zdb]

What is this 2 meter rule?

Yes I'm also intrigued....