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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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    Is this a colour blindness test? I've gone from light brown, to light green, to purple!

    Anyhow, back to the rant!

    How is it that it has taken so long for the RCD thing to be highlighted? Type A/Cs have been banned for some time in certain European countries.

    Another thing which came to light this week.

    Certain manufacturers are recommending that mains smoke/heat alarms be fed from their own mcb due to spurious switching events.

    Extractor fans have come on in the middle of the night, smoke/heat alarms are being 'nuisence-triggered.

    Manufacturers are claiming the root cause to be the mass uptake of LED lamps by the Public.

    What does the IET have to say about that?

    Source of info was from my independent wholesalers, who are fed up of exchanging perfectly sound goods from the likes of AICO, Manrose etc because they seem to have minds of their own!
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    Is this a colour blindness test? I've gone from light brown, to light green, to purple!

    Anyhow, back to the rant!

    How is it that it has taken so long for the RCD thing to be highlighted? Type A/Cs have been banned for some time in certain European countries.

    Another thing which came to light this week.

    Certain manufacturers are recommending that mains smoke/heat alarms be fed from their own mcb due to spurious switching events.

    Extractor fans have come on in the middle of the night, smoke/heat alarms are being 'nuisence-triggered.

    Manufacturers are claiming the root cause to be the mass uptake of LED lamps by the Public.

    What does the IET have to say about that?

    Source of info was from my independent wholesalers, who are fed up of exchanging perfectly sound goods from the likes of AICO, Manrose etc because they seem to have minds of their own!
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