What is the regs for industrial electrical panel backplate? What material should it be?
What is the regs for industrial electrical panel backplate? What material should it be?
Does the material has to be steel?
It would be unusual for a standard to specify an exact material - usually they just give performance requirements (passing a glow wire test or flame retardant or non-combustible sort of thing) and leave it to the designer to pick something suitable for their particular application. In this case it sounds like it's not a BS 7671 matter, more likely an equipment standard (of which there are quite a few) or even down to the enclosure manufacturer's instructions to ensure compatibility with the enclosure.
- Andy.
Does the material has to be steel?
It would be unusual for a standard to specify an exact material - usually they just give performance requirements (passing a glow wire test or flame retardant or non-combustible sort of thing) and leave it to the designer to pick something suitable for their particular application. In this case it sounds like it's not a BS 7671 matter, more likely an equipment standard (of which there are quite a few) or even down to the enclosure manufacturer's instructions to ensure compatibility with the enclosure.
- Andy.
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