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Protection against fire: the fire officer?s view - IET Electrical
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The other thing being as i understand it anyway, is that this new amendment is only for domestic installations, so why if the current plastic BS 60695 CU/DB's are so bad, why only to confine to domestic and not say commercial installations?? Does not the same fire risks apply??
Are some really concerned with the safety of steel consumer units? Or are they after a way to prevent Electrical Trainee from pricing them out of work?
The other thing being as i understand it anyway, is that this new amendment is only for domestic installations, so why if the current plastic BS 60695 CU/DB's are so bad, why only to confine to domestic and not say commercial installations?? Does not the same fire risks apply??
I personally would say that a plastic DB would not be satisfactory in a commercial setting due to possible damage anyway. Generally speaking of course.
I for one can see other problems arising from using metal CU's in domestic sector, and you're right it would have a lot to do with the inexperienced and low skill level of Electrical Trainee's and the like... I can just/only imagine some of the abortions that are coming your way very soon!! lol!!
Spot on E54. No mention in the london FB report about commercial fires???
Yeah but plastic/domestic CU's are used in commercial buildings, eg DB4 supplying the kitchen, situated in a cupboard etc. Have none of these caught fire in the past 10 years whilst this report was ongoing?
well they won't be coming my way matey lol!! i do industrial, so i fit steel as standard hahaI for one can see other problems arising from using metal CU's in domestic sector, and you're right it would have a lot to do with the inexperienced and low skill level of Electrical Trainee's and the like... I can just/only imagine some of the abortions that are coming your way very soon!! lol!!
There trying to contain fires with the steel consumer units, if some electricians don't tighten up terminals now they never will.I hear you but reading the report I think the concern is also that in a domestic setting CUs are usually found under stairs and near front doors so generally a fire there would impede escape.
I hear you but reading the report I think the concern is also that in a domestic setting CUs are usually found under stairs and near front doors so generally a fire there would impede escape.
There trying to contain fires with the steel consumer units, if some electricians don't tighten up terminals now they never will.
So mains powered, interlinked smokes in houses, 1 near the CU and more elese where would be a better, policy IMHO.
Its not just CU's that catch fire in homes.
I really like that idea. Make it a reg on all new builds/rewires and CU changes to have a smoke detector within 3m of the CU. Easy and cheap.
Its still not solving the problem of poorly manufactured CU's and idiots installing them.
You might as well invent a small capsule that you fit inside the CU's that breaks under heat. The capsule fills the CU with foam... Problem solved...
Its still not solving the problem of poorly manufactured CU's and idiots installing them.
You might as well invent a small capsule that you fit inside the CU's that breaks under heat. The capsule fills the CU with foam... Problem solved...
it's all about containment, thats why your allowed to enclose the cu in a non combustible unit.No they aren't, the regulation makes no mention of containing a fire it only requires that the box itself does not catch fire.
There is a big difference between being non combustible and being able to contain a fire!
it's all about containment, thats why your allowed to enclose the cu in a non combustible unit.
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