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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?


Z.
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    Alan Capon:
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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. 




    But educational to me. Fire can not read British Standards or abide by them.


    Z.


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    Alan Capon:
    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. 




    But educational to me. Fire can not read British Standards or abide by them.


    Z.


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