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Landlord electrical safety certificate

Grumpy
Hi all, my father in law has a rental property that was completely rewired and with new split load CU five years ago. The installation is now due an inspection. Will the fact that the CU is plastic constitute a "fail"?

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    Have you never found a consumer unit with signs of overheating? It’s hardly a unknown issue and usually gets repaired whatever the enclosure is made of, but some do have to be replaced, however as yet I have not had to replace a consumer unit with a metal enclosure because of overheating, but I have replaced a considerable number of consumer units with plastic enclosures due to overheating issues.


    If you open a consumer unit and there’s a plastic stalagmite hanging down in side it, it’s probably a risk utter regardless of where it is located, but more so in an escape route or under the stairs.


    Andy B.
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    Have you never found a consumer unit with signs of overheating? It’s hardly a unknown issue and usually gets repaired whatever the enclosure is made of, but some do have to be replaced, however as yet I have not had to replace a consumer unit with a metal enclosure because of overheating, but I have replaced a considerable number of consumer units with plastic enclosures due to overheating issues.


    If you open a consumer unit and there’s a plastic stalagmite hanging down in side it, it’s probably a risk utter regardless of where it is located, but more so in an escape route or under the stairs.


    Andy B.
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