Thread: Fire risk
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Old 2nd Jan 2010, 7:34 pm   #23
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Default Re: Fire risk

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Originally Posted by Kat Manton View Post
That relies on the live and neutral (and earth) wires being cut to the correct length; the live wire should be short and run straight to its terminal, the neutral wire should be longer and have some slack in it (and the earth wire, if present, longer still and also slack.)
That is what I would have thought too but....

A few years ago I took City and Guilds 236 (electrical) and the instructor was adamant that doing this on a practical test would result in a fail. The wires all had to be the same length.

Dave

Note:- By 'same length', I mean that they all had to have equal reach to the connections.

Last edited by Boom; 2nd Jan 2010 at 7:37 pm. Reason: Clarification
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