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Acceptable by electrician?

Hi, is it ok for me to plaster over this or should there be some protective cover over the wire first? 

Thanks 

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  • Risteard
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  • Ooops. Thank you 
  • neilmcl
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    edited 16 October 2021 am31 7:50AM
    Yes, put a length of steel cable channel in there, you may have to widen the chase slightly.
  • grumbler
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    AFAIK, metal cable protectors/channels aren't required nowadays when cable goes vertically from a fitting, but personally I keep using them wherever possible.
  • FaceHead
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    edited 16 October 2021 am31 7:56AM
    Assuming the circuit is RCD protected there is no requirement to put a protective cap on, even if a plastic or steel cap would be best practice.

    If it were my house, I'd just plaster it over - it's right under a socket, so it shouldn't be a surprise to someone putting a shelf up in future that a wire might be there.

    Acceptable, but not great.
  • Risteard
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    edited 16 October 2021 am31 9:08AM
    FaceHead said:
    Assuming the circuit is RCD protected there is no requirement to put a protective cap on, even if a plastic or steel cap would be best practice.

    If it were my house, I'd just plaster it over - it's right under a socket, so it shouldn't be a surprise to someone putting a shelf up in future that a wire might be there.

    Acceptable, but not great.
    It has nothing to do with RCD protection. Cables can be directly plastered in as the plaster no longer reacts with the PVC. Personally I would put them in PVC conduit as would everyone here, but BS7671 does not require this (unlike the Irish National Rules for Electrical Installations). 

    A grommet should have been used at the entry to the backbox (or gland or PVC conduit adaptor etc.). 
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  • better safe than be sorry in my world I would protect it. 
  • As posts have said it is not a safety requirement but I would fit cable channel just in case.
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