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Wylex RECSW2S

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This is a 100 Amp 2 pole switch with enclosure to suit meter tails.


After having taken a small sample of the plastic enclosure, and holding it in a pair of pliers, then applying a small cigarette lighter flame.....


the sample burned giving off black acrid smoke and it did not self extinguish.


Should we be concerned?


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    AJJewsbury:

    Might a glow-wire test be more appropriate? It would be a strange fault in an electrical switch that exposed the case to a gas flame...

    - Andy.


    Right. The next experiment will have the sample piece placed on a hot hob plate. . . 




    Unless you are testing the material in accordance with the appropriate British Standard for the product, your “experiments” are meaningless. 


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    Zoomup:
    AJJewsbury:

    Might a glow-wire test be more appropriate? It would be a strange fault in an electrical switch that exposed the case to a gas flame...

    - Andy.


    Right. The next experiment will have the sample piece placed on a hot hob plate. . . 




    Unless you are testing the material in accordance with the appropriate British Standard for the product, your “experiments” are meaningless. 


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