Length of Meter Tails....
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3.0m max- but then you 'cheat' and place a 100a isolator near the meter, it acts as a supply break and you can then have longer tails.
I think long distances between cu and head suggest poor design if you're having issues with a new build. I'd have expected a service area for all electricals.
Would you like to eloborate as to what situation and distance your thinking about ?
Would an armour feed be more prudent ?
I think long distances between cu and head suggest poor design if you're having issues with a new build. I'd have expected a service area for all electricals.
Would you like to eloborate as to what situation and distance your thinking about ?
Would an armour feed be more prudent ?
Depends.
The DNOs tend to impose a limit of 3 meters.
Personally anything over 2 meters and I'd be looking to install a switchfuse at the meter.
The DNOs tend to impose a limit of 3 meters.
Personally anything over 2 meters and I'd be looking to install a switchfuse at the meter.
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Hi Chri5
Power comes in to a meter box the far side of an adjoining double garage, just doing a bit of forward thinking as to possibly siting the CU nearer to the house wall rather than have a bundle of cables across the garage.
Cheers Mick
Hi Chri5
Power comes in to a meter box the far side of an adjoining double garage, just doing a bit of forward thinking as to possibly siting the CU nearer to the house wall rather than have a bundle of cables across the garage.
Cheers Mick
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It's a DNO requirement and not BS7671.
Different DNO's may impose different limits. It's best to call yours if you want to be sure.
Different DNO's may impose different limits. It's best to call yours if you want to be sure.
3 meters, yeah, where theres a 3 phase supply.
a METER is an instrument for measuring a quantity.
a METRE is a unit of measurement equal to one hundred centimetres.
3 meters, yeah, where theres a 3 phase supply.
a METER is an instrument for measuring a quantity.
a METRE is a unit of measurement equal to one hundred centimetres.
That depends if RF is an American.
3 meters, yeah, where theres a 3 phase supply.
a METER is an instrument for measuring a quantity.
a METRE is a unit of measurement equal to one hundred centimetres.
Maybe that's why I'm an electrician and not an english teecher
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