Cable confusion

[iandandav]

Although I've just noticed the drop at the end of 'A' that drops below the floor is actually out of SZ.

Thanks for pointing that out. I didnt notice it. To solve this I would either have to extend the trench in the floor to the socket on the far right or how about this as my prefered method?

 

[iandandav]

Got there before you

Yup. Also not sure about D in the rear right corner of the drawing - it seems there are two opposing walls with accessories attached, but the adjoining wall between them has a buried cable with no accessories to create a safe zone. Same in the near right corner, too.

Are you saying the safe zone cannot extend around bends? If this is the case then my solution would have to be to move one of those opposing sockets to the back wall?

 

[electronicsuk]

Got there before you

Yup. Also not sure about D in the rear right corner of the drawing - it seems there are two opposing walls with accessories attached, but the adjoining wall between them has a buried cable with no accessories to create a safe zone. Same in the near right corner, too.

Are you saying the safe zone cannot extend around bends? If this is the case then my solution would have to be to move one of those opposing sockets to the back wall?

Afraid not - the safe zone only extends vertically from floor to ceiling and horizontally on the wall to the left and right of the accessory, in the same plane. It does not extend around corners, interior or exterior, so you'd need to add an extra socket, find a new cable route, or choose one of the methods listed in BS7671 that allow a cable to be buried outside of safe zones.