Currently I have both my electricity meter and consumer unit sitting side by side in the garage. I am about to have the electricity meter moved outside (directly behind where it currently is). This will mean that I will need to run the meter tails through a cavity wall. The offset between the meter and the consumer unit is around 3 feet. Can I simply run the meter tails (25mm double insulated) through the cavity (without conduit), or is this forbidden?
Routing of meter tails
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I'm gonna stick my neck out here.
I have just fitted a replacement CU in 70's property where tails ran in cavity, and without dismantling the wall, I could not fit any conduit, so just used the old tails to pull the new ones in with.
You can use SWA....
See here for post re this subject://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7636&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I have just fitted a replacement CU in 70's property where tails ran in cavity, and without dismantling the wall, I could not fit any conduit, so just used the old tails to pull the new ones in with.
You can use SWA....
See here for post re this subject://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7636&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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