Tuesday 26 September 2017

16Mm or 25mm meter tails

Do all domestic installations now have to be upgraded to 25mm tails or is 16mm still acceptable? Talking with a collegue today regarding meter tails. Why oh why 25mm meter tails ? Just been out and stocked up on 16mm meter tails. Then, reading over my newly aquited OSG, it states that meter tails must be min 25mm.


Must all meter tails from meter to user devices be.

At the moment I was going to use 25mm tails but after thinking about this I was wondering would there be an issue with using 16mm tails ? I was reading that if a 100A main fuse is fitte 25mm meter tails have to be used from the meter to the consumer unit, even though 16mm tails are. Hi Going to fit a new consumer (100A Main Switch)split board) unit but also keeping the old one operational. The situation is that installation is.


Free delivery on eligible orders of £or more. Generally installed meter tails are 25mm. A smaller diameter such as 16mm would be permitted providing the cut-out fuse is sized in . Available by the metre at great prices.

We pride ourselves with great ranges at low prices. Commonly used when connecting consumer units (fuse boards) to incoming . Non Fire Rated Downlights. The holes are normally 25mm or inch in diameter. Buy meter tails packs online at low prices with quick delivery from Fastlec.


By way of an example for currently supplied cables, TLC list meter tails with 9. I am chasing a channel in a breeze block wall to take 25mm meter tails and 16mm earth and then capping this over with 150mm wide 3mm . I have a single tail meter at my house and have just run an armoured. Tails and 16mm earth wire. View more products from Cable Cable.


FLEXI METER TAILS 25MM BROWN. Double Insulated Cable 618… EUR 35. Using CableKnife to remove the insulation from coaxial cable to maximise the scrap value by as much as 350. Meter tails – these cables connect the meter to your consumer unit. They should be 25mm double insulated cables with a 16mm.


The meter tails are energised up to the main switch or isolator only. Upgrade cut out to meter tails to 25mm where reasonably practicable.

All my local suppliers dont go any bigger than 16mm.

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