by side effect of how a single 3 phase supply is delivered to the lobby (pair of semis inside a big building, 1 phase per house and 1 for common areas power), it looks like my meter tails will be between 8 and 15 metres long (8 for me, 15 for my father who has the semi on the other side and for some reason doesnt want his cu above the front door where the tails come into the building but miles away in the study)
now, i don't mind ponying up for chunky tails in relevant colours or SWA etc and ive provisioned space on the meter board for a circuit breaker to protect the tails against errant drills, but am i going to find most sparkys pulling a face at such long tails or are they a relatively common occurrence? i used to live in abarn converted to flats in the 90s, and that had meters in the hall and cu in each flat so it must happen..
now, i don't mind ponying up for chunky tails in relevant colours or SWA etc and ive provisioned space on the meter board for a circuit breaker to protect the tails against errant drills, but am i going to find most sparkys pulling a face at such long tails or are they a relatively common occurrence? i used to live in abarn converted to flats in the 90s, and that had meters in the hall and cu in each flat so it must happen..