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Consumer units and equipment outdoors

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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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    Chris Pearson: 
     

    Step-daughter lives on the other side of Morecambe Bay on the eastern side of the Furness Peninsula, even closer to the sea than us and indeed they have sea views, but they don't seem to have much of a problem.

    I suppose that the real issue is latitude, prevailing winds and shelter. Either way, I have spent nearly all my life on the coast and I like it. ?

    I had a further think about this … and I guess where we are sort of on the South side of the Bay, means we are often at the cusp of three weather fronts. Has the advantage of warmer temperatures than other parts of the West Coast, but of course, you get nothing for free !

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    Chris Pearson: 
     

    Step-daughter lives on the other side of Morecambe Bay on the eastern side of the Furness Peninsula, even closer to the sea than us and indeed they have sea views, but they don't seem to have much of a problem.

    I suppose that the real issue is latitude, prevailing winds and shelter. Either way, I have spent nearly all my life on the coast and I like it. ?

    I had a further think about this … and I guess where we are sort of on the South side of the Bay, means we are often at the cusp of three weather fronts. Has the advantage of warmer temperatures than other parts of the West Coast, but of course, you get nothing for free !

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