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Plastic consumer units/enclosures etc

whjohnson
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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    In the times we live in now professional organisations like the IET and UKPN/DNOs find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place in as much as whatever rules they make will be scrutinised hard by engineering folk like us here and lawyers  so one tiny mistake and the legal people will be all over it like a rash  so I have some sympathy with professional bodies these days of litigation make it hard to make big decisions for fear of trouble later on. Now I agree that metal CUs mite have benefitted from more discussion and research BUT as I said the decision made mite of been partly made out of fear for want of a better word
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    In the times we live in now professional organisations like the IET and UKPN/DNOs find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place in as much as whatever rules they make will be scrutinised hard by engineering folk like us here and lawyers  so one tiny mistake and the legal people will be all over it like a rash  so I have some sympathy with professional bodies these days of litigation make it hard to make big decisions for fear of trouble later on. Now I agree that metal CUs mite have benefitted from more discussion and research BUT as I said the decision made mite of been partly made out of fear for want of a better word
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