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I’m in a venue (U.K.) at the moment which leaves a lot to be desired in pretty much all aspects but in the process of glancing around I spotted this, below. It’s definitely a C2 but I’m curious as to how people would judge that little bit of connector strip as a potential C1. Genuine question and I’m (thankfully!) NOT doing an inspection.

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(And yes, I have seen that the cover is there below it)
 
Are you saying C2 for the lid off exposing conductors and the block connector?
 
C2, unless there are stray strands of copper waiting to be touched.

Don't you just love switch / plant rooms being used for storage (I'm guessing it is piled up with treads or similar & mats).
 
Looks fairly good otherwise. Put the lid on and you don't have to worry about coding it as removing trunking lids is apparently not part of a condition report.
 
C2, unless there are stray strands of copper waiting to be touched.

Don't you just love switch / plant rooms being used for storage (I'm guessing it is piled up with treads or similar & mats).
Absolutely! And yes, it’s ‘safe’ by virtue that you can’t actually get to it.

So, my thinking process is that the choc bloc is effectively a bare connector - we all know that there’s naff all space from where the plastic stops and the screw bloc sits so anyone casually handling it would likely enough be at risk.
 
Absolutely! And yes, it’s ‘safe’ by virtue that you can’t actually get to it.

So, my thinking process is that the choc bloc is effectively a bare connector - we all know that there’s naff all space from where the plastic stops and the screw bloc sits so anyone casually handling it would likely enough be at risk.
Limited knowledge here, but would it be a C1 where containment is open and C2 with lid in place?
 
C2 with lid off, c3 with lid on.
 
If I found that I'd rather quickly crimp and heat-shrink the thing than mess about with software giving it a code!

As it stands - I generally think in terms of what could go wrong. An exceptionally talented person could touch live parts.
With lid on or off someone working further along could pull the wires and there's no mechanical restraint other than the choc block itself. If a wire came out ....

Probably C2 for both, maybe C1 if there are multiple wires shoved in and the screws are on the high side.
 
C3 if the lid was on... Its an enclosure.. no different than a floating connector in a metal joint box. C2 as it is.

However, C1 for all those open 20mm holes in the top of the trunking. (next to the pvc conduit)

And another C1, for the circuit breaker numbering being the same as a mid 90's pop song by Steps.😆
 

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