think I was a bad boy when I was younger...

[ColJack]

In the days of my youth, just starting in the trade as a lowly "mate", my mother asked me to get rid of a single socket on a wall in the kitchen where it was going to be a breakfast bar..

this socket is in steel conduit, and was crimped through and left earthed to the back box.. I then fitted a 3mm stainless steel plate over the box, ( screwed to the box itself so also earthed.. ) and it was then plastered over..

they have no intention of moving untill they are taken out in a box, and they know that the socket is still there..

as there is no visible indication that the socket cables are still there I'm now thinking (after progressing in my education ) that it definitely needs cutting off in the floor space above and jointing.. ??

 

[Lectrician]

If it is in steel conduit, then what you have done is actually fully compliant. However, it would be *nicer* removed from the circuit.

If it is in PVC conduit, it would not be compliant, and you should be pulling the cables up into the floor void.

I have seen people do what you did many times - mainly kitchen fitters.

Make sure you use a crimp type join in the flor void if it is in-accessible, else you will be feeling guilty years down the line once more!

 

[ColJack]

I'm more worried about the steel gas pipe that runs under the floor tiles mid kitchen ( extension, pipe used to run along the wall.. not us that did it.. )

I might talk my mother into re-instating the socket when she next decorates.. they have to plug their mobiles and battery charger in on the work surface next to the cooker otherwise..

 

[daytona]

If it is in steel conduit, then what you have done is actually fully compliant. However, it would be *nicer* removed from the circuit.

If it is in PVC conduit, it would not be compliant, and you should be pulling the cables up into the floor void.

I have seen people do what you did many times - mainly kitchen fitters.

Make sure you use a crimp type join in the flor void if it is in-accessible, else you will be feeling guilty years down the line once more!

i dont think it does comply.if he blanked it off and its not visible now,are the cables not going to be in a safe zone anymore?

 

[Spark123]

Do cable in an earthed metallic conduit need to be in the safe zones?

 

[daytona]

no.not if the depth is greater than 50mm.sods law says.............

 

[Spark123]

Even if the depth is less than 50mm. Installed in an earthed metallic conduit which is suitable for use as a protective conductor is one of the other methods than using the safe zones.

 

[daytona]

err yeah.


blonde moment sorry.golfing all weekend,im a bit tired