Main issue is cutting holes in it without cracking the main body, etc.Bakelite has thermosetting properties and you could argue it is compliant to current requirements.
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Main issue is cutting holes in it without cracking the main body, etc.Bakelite has thermosetting properties and you could argue it is compliant to current requirements.
And conversely of course not all metals are non combustibleBakelite has thermosetting properties and you could argue it is compliant to current requirements.
Agreed, there are a number of reasons why it is electrically less safe than an insulating material such as plastics.I'm not convinced metal is inherently safer.
Actually, it was those well known electrical experts the London Fire Brigade that pushed it through.I suspect the change to metal-only is one of those 'we need to change stuff to justify our existence' changes that do little but mean more work gets divvied out in the name of regulation..
Correct. Depite it being common knowledge, and the IET having been asked about it - they failed to take the opportunity to fix a complete and utter f-up. How that reg ever got past review beggars belief.Strictly speaking the regs don't demand metal only that it is of a non-combustible material, of which steel is given as an example.
Actually, no you can't. It's not about being thermosetting or not, it's about its combustion resistance.Bakelite has thermosetting properties and you could argue it is compliant to current requirements.
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