Compliance of electrical wiring in ceiling space

[AndyD]

.....Something else is that there is more than one cable in some of the glands. I read a long time ago in the regs, and now I cannot find it, that each piece of equipment must be utilised as It was originally intended. I am sure that this means there should only be one cable per gland

You could go one stage further and fail glands with a stuffing rubber that has a round hole when there's a flat twin cable going through it because officially you should use one of these with an oval shaped hole;



I see where you're coming from but I'm not usually quite that pedantic to be honest, if there's a gland or an alternative entry system and it's maintaining the IP level and providing reasonable strain relief I wouldn't fail it.