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Plastic consumer units/enclosures etc

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I have a job where a small former outside toilet is being converted into a hobby pottery complete with water supply and small kiln.

I propose to fit a small plastic consumer unit with the appropriate IP rating for protection against ingress of water.

This will be a home brew job with a generic enclosure and a RCD main switch and mcbs from my spares stock.

I have seen many metal enclosures rusting quietly away in detached garages/w/shops/outbuildings and thought they would be better served by using plastic.


I think there is still a case to be made for fitting plastic consumer unit enclosures in outbuildings in order to prevent deteriation caused by external influences. Moist atmosphere, unheated spaces and the like.


Any other like-minded souls out there?

Comments welcome.
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    I am a like minded soul. Whenever there is little/no risk of their spontaneous combustion causing a problem to the main residence or sleeping quarters then I install IP rated plastic CUs. 


    I too have seen rusty metal CUs and switch gear in outbuildings and even in houses where they are mounted somewhere a little damp or cold and even in the case of one TP board near the entrance to an open west facing barn.
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    I am a like minded soul. Whenever there is little/no risk of their spontaneous combustion causing a problem to the main residence or sleeping quarters then I install IP rated plastic CUs. 


    I too have seen rusty metal CUs and switch gear in outbuildings and even in houses where they are mounted somewhere a little damp or cold and even in the case of one TP board near the entrance to an open west facing barn.
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