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Consumer units and equipment outdoors

Hi,

Anything inherently wrong with installing consumer units outside?

IP rated (IP65/66).

The plan is to install henley blocks into the exterior meter cupboard, and a supply taken to an IP rated lockable enclosure on the wall directly below the cupboard to supply an outbuilding.

How does the sway in temperature impact MCB and RCD functionality? They all seem to be rated to sub zero temperatures and in excess of 40 degrees.

Anyone with any extensive experience doing this?

Thanks.

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0 ebee over 3 years ago

i have seen them “outside” i.e. in a small flimsy housing , not really weatherproof and not affording any operation of RCDs/MCBs in an enviroment where the operator will always be pretty dry. Open the CU for servicing only in guaranteed good weather. Not something i would encourage. A meter, cutout and maybe mainswitch in an external box is just about within the realms of normal in my opinion
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0 ebee over 3 years ago

i have seen them “outside” i.e. in a small flimsy housing , not really weatherproof and not affording any operation of RCDs/MCBs in an enviroment where the operator will always be pretty dry. Open the CU for servicing only in guaranteed good weather. Not something i would encourage. A meter, cutout and maybe mainswitch in an external box is just about within the realms of normal in my opinion
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