Height of CU.

[SEC-Tom]

Evening all..

Just wondering what height from the floor or ceiling a CU must be or even if there are any regulations...

Installing a 3-phase board in to a flat, but don't want to put it too high but then not too low.

 

[acat]

No height given building regs state readily accessible nothing more.

Chris

 

[SEC-Tom]

No height given building regs state readily accessible nothing more.

Chris

Brilliant..

Thanks for that.

 

[acat]

Just looked at the book its page 137 "Because of the sensitivity of circuit breakers RCDs RCBOs fitted to consumer units should be readily accessible.


Chris

 

[SEC-Tom]

Just looked at the book its page 137 "Because of the sensitivity of circuit breakers RCDs RCBOs fitted to consumer units should be readily accessible.


Chris

Is that in the BRB/Electricians guide to building regs? Or building regs book itself....

 

[acat]

Is that in the BRB/>>>Electricians guide to building regs<<<? Or building regs book itself....

Hope that helps

Chris

 

[SEC-Tom]

Hope that helps

Chris

Have a copy of that myself not looked through it properly thanks for your help.

 

[J@mes]

In houses where I live (on a new development) they are being mounted at all sorts of heights - Mine is within 6" of the ceiling, my missus' house is in a kitchen cupboard so at shoulder height and when poking around some empty new builds I have seen them mounted at the same level as light switches in the corner of the dining area. Looks terrible but handy for the disabled I guess!

 

[acat]

Even better for the kids they can play with the little black switchs and poke their fingers in any little gaps they find then for a grand closing act they can throw a bowl of water at it


Chris

 

[SEC-Tom]

Even better for the kids they can play with the little black switchs and poke their fingers in any little gaps they find then for a grand closing act they can throw a bowl of water at it


Chris

Access without a tool, IP4X I believe.

 

[acat]

Agreed but we are assuming that the person who fitted the CU has put the blanks in like he should do but looking at the last 10 CUs Ive been to only 4 had all blanks filled

Chris

 

[Des 56]

They should be low enough for granny to reset in the event of a fault
(kids can now get at them)

They should be high enough so that kids dont do what kids sometimes do
(they may become in accessable to gran mounted here)

They should be in a cupboard out of the way
(Gran knows where they are,the kids dont.)

They should be accessable,so a cupboard with brooms and mops may not be the best position
( At least the kids are safe,because the power is off, because gran cant get at the board )

Guidance eh
At least its clear and well understood to all us installers then

 

[wattsup]

cu should be no lower than 1m, cos kids can't stand on em if any higher, also kids have probs poking pencils into holes...**** mr regs man, iq of a mars bar