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Apologies Tel, I read it as they were. In my defence I've got a nic big dental abscess on the godbut those live parts are not exposed/touchable when the fuse is in position. i stick with my C2.
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Apologies Tel, I read it as they were. In my defence I've got a nic big dental abscess on the godbut those live parts are not exposed/touchable when the fuse is in position. i stick with my C2.
Either way it fails so has to be sorted C1 or C2. The issues only really begin if a C2 is coded C3, and thats where you can get conflicts of opinion that do effect the results of the EICR ie satisfactory or unsatisfactory or as landlords see it pass card or fail card.but those live parts are not exposed/touchable when the fuse is in position. i stick with my C2.
And vice-versa.The issues only really begin if a C2 is coded C3
Not really.And vice-versa.
I have never understood why or when "e.g. metal" became "must be metal" and the alternatives have been overlooked, dismissed or ignored, I wonder how many plastic CU's that are in a perfectly suitable fire rated enclosure have been miss coded. Then again how many would recognise if the cupboard the CU was located in was fire lined to a ½ or 1 hour ratingPlastic consumer units. Another one !
You code 3 it, or no code required.
2 years later main switch overheats, goes up in smoke, and your being asked why you didn't fail the install until the fitting of a metal c/u had been carried out.
How about because the Wiring Regulations, and hence the law, do not mandate it?2 years later main switch overheats, goes up in smoke, and your being asked why you didn't fail the install until the fitting of a metal c/u had been carried out.
The grey area is the PRS and how it appears to mandate compliance with the 18th editionHow about because the Wiring Regulations, and hence the law, do not mandate it?
Nothing to stop them being installed in domestic now if they are non combustible or in a fire rated enclosureOr because the fact that at the time you did the inspection plastic CUs could still be installed in offices, shops, schools, pubs, restaurants, care homes, indicated to you that plastic CUs did not need to be replaced as a matter of urgency?
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