v8kid
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| posted on 18/11/20 at 04:57 PM |
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Originally posted by SteveWalker
there is no requirement for conduit or any mechanical protection for surface mounted T&E,
Oh yes there is and always was when required!
You can interpret mechanical protection however you like and when required however you like but ignoring best practice gives little wriggle room.
Mechanical protection, as distinct from electrical protection, takes many forms, whether it is the metal plates we fit over dwangs where cables pass
through or trunking at a main board or simply not running cables where they are liable to damage.
Look at it this way, if you deliberately run a cable where you know it is liable to damage, say right beside a blacksmiths anvil, and the blacksmith
misses, hits the cable and is fried when he picks up his hammer can you say hand on heart you have no complicity in his demise?
So where there is a reasonable likelihood of damage the cable should be protected. In a workshop, we can reasonably say that is everything below the
ceiling level, in some circumstances even the ceiling would not be safe from mech damage ( thinking of a scaffolding store with long heavy pipes being
stored.)
So the upshot of this tiresome rant is - mechanically and electrically protect in workshops it's quicker than going one way to A&E.
Cheers!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 18/11/20 at 06:50 PM |
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While I would not install without protection anyway, there is a big difference between a commercial workshop (with health and safety requirements) and
a home workshop/garage. Practically it makes sense to protect, but there is no requirement to.
Home and workplace fall under different requirements. All my garage and shed sockets and lighting and sockets are both RCBO protected and protected by
conduit (my choice), but the garage lighting is standard fluorescent tubes, without protective covers - which would not be accepted at such a low
level in a commercial workshop.
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