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Phenolic cutout dangers

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I'm investigating safety concerns over phenolic cutouts.

The DNOs say it's not a problem but I've heard from electrical experts that the material acts a conductor once degraded and is a fire risk. The manufacturers acknowledge this is an issue.

Does anyone here have experience or concerns surrounding phenolic cutouts? Please share your thoughts and any images you might have here.

Should we replacing them, or waiting until they deteriorate?

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  • Given that the document @mapj1 referenced was published in January 2018, how come as a working electrician who probably worked around possibly over eight hundred such cut outs, this is the first time I have heard of these issues?

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  • Given that the document @mapj1 referenced was published in January 2018, how come as a working electrician who probably worked around possibly over eight hundred such cut outs, this is the first time I have heard of these issues?

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