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17 minutes!. thought I was slow. I'd have done it in 8 minutes, and I'd have allowed enough cable to dress the flex conduit neatly.
 
I quite like his comment about there being no minimum depth..... :fearscream:
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Cheap flexible plastic conduit laid on the ground. Yep, no chance of water or spade ingress there ... (sarcasm alert) . Well the cable is made of pvc and that's waterproof, right? (2nd sarcasm alert).
 
he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening. in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.
 
he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening. in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.
And there's more
 
I believe the accepted minimum depth is about the depth of a garden fork or spade.
Of course if the cable is under a vegetable plot, then double depth would be preferable.
 
he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening.

But he is just twisting the regs there in my opinion... You should allow for a depth greater than gardening tools like spades or forks.

in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.

I agree
 
this one takes the biscuit for endless useless waffle.
 
I do like the chalk pen though..
 
Wonder why someone would do this, this is how i imagine the conversation went.

Barry - "Janet can you just come outside and video me putting up an outside socket"..

20 mins later..

Janet- " You are good Barry, that £3000 was really worth the money, maybe you could even go into teaching"

Barry- " I know, electrics is easy. Here you go, hold that.. seeing as ive got my tools out you may aswell that a video of me putting up a new light".

Janet " Ok love".
 

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