New fuseboard fitted badly

[Lister1987]

Agree …trunking is an enclosure.

134.1.1 & 510.3 & 526.203 - Bet Wago haven't approved the product for such use
526.3.vi - Not MF in the current state

 

[telectrix]

MF is the least of the worries when the whole thing is a MA (Monkey's Abortion).

 

[Mike Johnson]

Agree …trunking is an enclosure.

Trunking can generally be accessed by just pulling the lid off, is there anything in the UK Regs, as in France, that says to be in an enclosure only accessible by the use of a tool?

 

[brianmoooore]

Trunking can generally be accessed by just pulling the lid off, is there anything in the UK Regs, as in France, that says to be in an enclosure only accessible by the use of a tool?

That is my understanding, so a length of ordinary plastic trunking is not suitable for joining cables, unless the joiners themselves are enclosed inside the trunking.by something that needs a tool to open it.

 

[LukeD]

Trunking can generally be accessed by just pulling the lid off, is there anything in the UK Regs, as in France, that says to be in an enclosure only accessible by the use of a tool?

I WOULD EXPECT THE SAME .

 

[snowhead]

As with a few threads on here some of the story is missing.

Is this house owned by the friend and the agent manages it and have had the EICR and recommended and arranged the work?

Or is the friend a tenant of this property?

Why was the O.P asked to test it?

As bad as it appears to be I can't beleive that the cables and joints were left as pictured, were they all originally within the trunking?

Whoever did the work should not be paid, if the agent has already paid them on behalf of the friend, if the owner, then they should refund the costs.

If the friend is the owner they should find another electrician to re do the work correctly and also find a new agent to manage the property.

If the friend is a tenant they should notify the agent that they will be turning off the power and moving out into a hotel or similar untill the work had been done correctly by another electrican and will be expecting the agent to refund all costs incurred.

 

[loz2754]

526.203

No such reg

 

[loz2754]

Trunking can generally be accessed by just pulling the lid off, is there anything in the UK Regs, as in France, that says to be in an enclosure only accessible by the use of a tool?

A ceiling rose cover, for example, can be also be removed without the use of a tool. Thus revealing live connections. I would be ok with a properly made joint in PVC trunking. In fact the lid is often hard to remove.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Unless you class the stepladder as a tool. ?

 

[Dustydazzler]

Not everything can be tamper proofed, if you need to make a joint within some trunking then I see no issue with it…

I would try rewiring the run but not every job affords you to the time & budget to doing things perfectly