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| − | Electric cables are usually run in prescribed safe zones. Knowing where these zones are allows you to correctly install cables and help eliminated damage to them when drilling walls at a later date | + | Electric cables are usually run in one of a number of prescribed safe zones. Knowing where these zones are allows you to correctly install cables and help eliminated damage to them when drilling walls at a later date |
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*a horizontal zone within 150mm of the top of a wall | *a horizontal zone within 150mm of the top of a wall | ||
| − | *a vertical zone within 150mm of the angle formed by two walls | + | *a vertical zone within 150mm of the angle formed by two walls - e.g. internal and external corners. |
| − | *the horizontal and vertical zone adjacent to | + | *the horizontal and vertical zone adjacent to an electrical accessory (switch, socket, cable outlet etc) |
[[Image:Cablezones1.jpg]] | [[Image:Cablezones1.jpg]] | ||
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[[Image:Cablezones2.jpg]] | [[Image:Cablezones2.jpg]] | ||
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| + | Where cables are not in installed in a safe zone then they need to be installed according to the rules explained [[Cable_Routes_and_Protection|here.]] | ||
=See Also= | =See Also= | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 1 June 2019
Electric cables are usually run in one of a number of prescribed safe zones. Knowing where these zones are allows you to correctly install cables and help eliminated damage to them when drilling walls at a later date
The safe zones for cables concealed in walls are
- a horizontal zone within 150mm of the top of a wall
- a vertical zone within 150mm of the angle formed by two walls - e.g. internal and external corners.
- the horizontal and vertical zone adjacent to an electrical accessory (switch, socket, cable outlet etc)
- where an accessory on the reverse side of the wall can be easily determined, e.g. through a door or archway, and the wall or partition depth is 100mm or less, then the horizontal and vertical zones to that accessory apply to both rooms:
Where cables are not in installed in a safe zone then they need to be installed according to the rules explained here.