building regs on fuseboard height

[Shakeout]

Hi all,
I haven't done a new build for a while but I was speaking to another electrician the other day who told me that fuseboards fall into the 450mm - 1200mm height band for disables access.
Is this correct?

 

[Guest55]

pretty much yep.
at least 1 mtr high is preferable.

 

[Shakeout]

obviously I meant disabled not disables.

OK cheers, that's low for a fuse board. Does the top of the board need to be below 1200mm?


Any exceptions or is that everywhere that building res apply now?

 

[High Tower]

I always put them a littke higher, around the 1500 mark, at the meter mark the toddlers of the house will have the lights flashing!!

 

[Guest55]

I always put them a littke higher, around the 1500 mark, at the meter mark the toddlers of the house will have the lights flashing!!

that hazard is easy to design out by simply using a metal clad unit and electrifing it.

;-)

 

[Shakeout]

Noted, good advice!
Thanks for the updates.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i have to agree with Aiden here

go for height....the plusses of not having youngsters attempting to get to grips with our trade early outweigh the negitives of not being able to reach it if sat down....

 

[Octopus]

I was always under the impression that the CU height was down to the installer to decide. Which numpty would place a CU at kiddy finger height!

 

[gutterball]

It's to go at floor level in the back of the most inaccessible cupboard that you can find. Preferably with 10 tons of junk in front of it.:smiley2:

 

[Plonker 3]

Most kids seem to be fine these days, even those that grew up with 3036 boards in understairs cupboards in which the kids would hide in for hours on end.