Meter tails no rcd in stud wall

[newfutile]

During an EICR meter tails were found entering the cavity and coming down a stud wall to a consumer unit about 5 meters (direct distance) away.
they do have an isolator but no rcd or other protection .

as cables buried in a wall have to have (RCD) Residual Current Device at 30mA and generally tails over 3 meters are not permitted by DNO ,how can this comply?

 

[Rockingit]

They don't!

And more words

 

[DPG]

Is there no fuse either?

I hate meter tails in wall cavities.

 

[newfutile]

 

[Dustydazzler]

As above I hate meter tails being snaked through a wall cavity or run up inside a stud wall with no way of knowing where they are actually sited

Made even worse if there is no RCD protection

 

[littlespark]

Has this photo been uploaded before?
It seems very familiar.

 

[brianmoooore]

If the tails are in the cavity, they are almost certainly more than 50mm below the surface, so no RCD protection required.
Still a rough way of installing them though.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Has this photo been uploaded before?
It seems very familiar.

To be fair that is what 99% of new build meter boxes look like

 

[timhoward]

It looks like if they were pulled through properly they might be under 3m?

 

[Dustydazzler]

It looks like if they were pulled through properly they might be under 3m?

All that slack snaking around the box sends my OCD into hyperdrive , I would be re-doing them w