what temperature can a bs1363-2 dual gang faceplate withstand

Sp33dy 3 months ago

what temperature can a bs1363-2 dual gang faceplate withstand?

I see BS1363-2 details the ambient temperature range of -5 to 40degC, but what is the physical allowable contact temperature to the faceplate front? i.e the temperature conducted from a plug top or a pluggable PSU etc.

Asking as I've seen a few examples cracking recently (see picture) all examples are cracking vertically from the bottom to the top centered between the line and neutral up towards the earth socket hole.

Some thoughts are this is due to over tightened screws

Thanks in advance for any help on this one.

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Sp33dy 3 months ago

Let me add a little more context for this one, this has occurred on sockets where a pluggable wi-fi extender device is used. The wi-fi extender device is also under investigation.

I've only looked at two sockets so far, the one pictured and a really old (est 30+ year old) one, all pictures seen from reports show a similar crack. thus far there's been about 20 or so reports of this.
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Sp33dy 3 months ago

Let me add a little more context for this one, this has occurred on sockets where a pluggable wi-fi extender device is used. The wi-fi extender device is also under investigation.

I've only looked at two sockets so far, the one pictured and a really old (est 30+ year old) one, all pictures seen from reports show a similar crack. thus far there's been about 20 or so reports of this.
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