Discuss AMD 3 - Hopefully busting the myth of metal DBs in the Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations area at ElectriciansForums.net
I've posted this before ...
I've no idea how much sway that BEAMA have in all this, but I'll just bring it your attention again...
Clearing the fog around the new Consumer Unit Regulation - BEAMA | News
Quote from below the picture of the geezer,
“A further point for clarification is that plastic enclosures manufactured from 960 degree glow-wire rated material would not be classified as ‘non-combustible’ in the context of this regulation.
I wonder if the manufacturers prefer to sell metal CUs as it may be more profitable. They don't seem to be fighting the wording/semantics/interpretation of the reg at all.
Fitting metal consumer units in domestic premises, screams safety,
Couldn't agree more. I wonder if this farce will be changed/altered at the next Regs amendment.No it doesn't, ....it screams ''knee jerk reaction'' based on flawed data provided by LFB
I've seen cases of metal DB fires that if were located in typical domestic settings could have taken the the house with it. Now these were American DB's but they were metal construction and the wiring to these DB's were similar to that used in the UK, eg solid conductor T&E. The wiring was virtually completely destroyed for around half a metre beyond the metal DB enclosure.
If metal CU/DB's screams safety, why do you never see a metal consumer unit or DB in any German, French, Dutch, Belgium, etc, etc, etc domestic installation?? Why do they not have the same amount of consumer unit/DB fires, it maybe because there electricians are required to have a damn sight more training than 17 days/5 Weeks?? In fact you'll be lucky to come across a metal DB even in commercial and small industrial situations within Europe, ....Are they somehow using different plastic's to those used in the UK. Strange because the same manufacturers that supply the UK, supply our friends in Europe as well.
The same overall cause of the present problem(s) in the UK, will be transferred to the metal CU's, in fact it could well introduce more problems.....
Until you lot start writing the regs. change the record, it's metal CU's in the UK, until some other idiot who writes the regs says otherwise. I think the rule about drinking & driving is ridiculous and should be changed, it impacts on my human rights.....:angel_smile:
However, a plastic CU is going to be perfectly acceptable in a commercial setting thus implying that the CU and the terminations it encloses are less dangerous than those employed in a domestic setting. Just like the introduction of Part P implied that electricity used domestically is more dangerous than a commercial or industrial setting.Until you lot start writing the regs. change the record, it's metal CU's in the UK, until some other idiot who writes the regs says otherwise. I think the rule about drinking & driving is ridiculous and should be changed, it impacts on my human rights.....:angel_smile:
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