PaulieN
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You have still failed to offer any industry recognised guidance backing up your method, you have referenced no regulations applicable either then or now that suggest your method is acceptable. By your own admission you consider it would not comply with BS7671. What happens a few years after your SWA has been fitted and A.N.Other has the board opened to do some alterations/additions/fault finding/testing etc.. the "inside" bit of your joint is open and accessible to mechanical strain whilst undergoing work inside the CU. Its not just about someone pulling the cable from outside. During the normal expected lifespan of the installation and the cable you have installed, it is quite probable that persons other than yourself could be working in or around your SWA. The whole concept of your joint is liable to mechanical damage, and/or damage to other cables in the enclosure as it is not properly terminated. It is bad enough working in a CU with a rats nest of PVC cables, the last thing you need is a SWA hanging around in the board as well, with loads of strands of relatively inflexible steel armour strands twisted and cluttering the earth bar. I would consider this to be a potential danger to any person working in the enclosure at a later date. So rolling back 20 odd years, you probably should have been applying, 130-01-01, 130-02-01 as a bit of basic good practice and common sense. Just because you cannot see a danger, does not mean there is none, and the very title of your thread implies you know that. The bottom line is that we do not have to prove it is electrically unsafe or dangerous etc. But you as the "competent installer" have to be able to prove it is safe, and compliant with the relevant regulations, which so far you haven't.
Doc H.
I've already conceded I'm starting to remember the other reasons other than I stated in my post above that I was glad to see the back of the profession!
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