can different makes be put in different consumer units. Was at a job where the board was of a make that the wholesalers don't sell .as it happened the breaker start working
can different makes be put in different consumer units. Was at a job where the board was of a make that the wholesalers don't sell .as it happened the breaker start working
Morning All and a Happy New Year to you All!
A special year this year for the Wiring Regulation, as an anorak, as a new regs book will be added to my extensive collection of Regs. books will be added to with a new book. I can only go back to 1924 with paper editions and a full house in PDFs.
Anyway the current edition in Regulation 536.4.203 says that intergration of devices and components in to assemblies conforming to BS EN 61439, "shall only be those declared suitable according to the assembly manufacturer's instructions and literature". Its a "shall" so not optional. Manufactuers will only warrant their components not other manufactuers, why would they ?
There is a Note to the regulation, and we know that notes are informatiove not normative, that says, " the person introducing the deviaton becomes the original manufactuer with the correspondig obligations". So you would be very brave to do that given the obligation you are taking on, and do you have the relavant insurance to do that?
If I see mix and match components in a board I would always report it on an EICR and record it as a C3 not an FI as I know the answer the OEM would give if I made an inquiry.
JP
Morning All and a Happy New Year to you All!
A special year this year for the Wiring Regulation, as an anorak, as a new regs book will be added to my extensive collection of Regs. books will be added to with a new book. I can only go back to 1924 with paper editions and a full house in PDFs.
Anyway the current edition in Regulation 536.4.203 says that intergration of devices and components in to assemblies conforming to BS EN 61439, "shall only be those declared suitable according to the assembly manufacturer's instructions and literature". Its a "shall" so not optional. Manufactuers will only warrant their components not other manufactuers, why would they ?
There is a Note to the regulation, and we know that notes are informatiove not normative, that says, " the person introducing the deviaton becomes the original manufactuer with the correspondig obligations". So you would be very brave to do that given the obligation you are taking on, and do you have the relavant insurance to do that?
If I see mix and match components in a board I would always report it on an EICR and record it as a C3 not an FI as I know the answer the OEM would give if I made an inquiry.
JP
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