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Hello all
wondering what you guys think of an idea that one of my electricians presented me with this afternoon
location: semi industrial kitchen
number of circuits ran to distribution board x 12 (they will be connected to 30ma rcbo units)
now the original idea was to install the classic switch bank 2 x 6way grid banks (obviously there was always going to be an issue with the cookers and hobs)(not sure what the plan was there lol)
however the plan presented today was , why cant we install a metal clad 12way distribution board (removing the main switch) so basically abusing the box cover and dim rail and filling it up with mcbs . and once marked up would act as a good isolation / switching point for the client
but this is where i ummmed and rrrred and thought i might need to do some homework. below is my immediate concerns
1)400/415v present in switch bank (can be labelled)
2)12x circuits within one switch ( i guess this could be labelled)
3) 12x circuits neutrals and earths in same terminal block (although they can be installed in order and i guess the same as the main feed distribution board
4)cooker / hob circuits tend to be double pole switches (i won't have this) but now wondering why ? do they have to be ?
ive prob missed some info out of my description , but hoping you guys get the idea
what you guys think?
ta
wondering what you guys think of an idea that one of my electricians presented me with this afternoon
location: semi industrial kitchen
number of circuits ran to distribution board x 12 (they will be connected to 30ma rcbo units)
now the original idea was to install the classic switch bank 2 x 6way grid banks (obviously there was always going to be an issue with the cookers and hobs)(not sure what the plan was there lol)
however the plan presented today was , why cant we install a metal clad 12way distribution board (removing the main switch) so basically abusing the box cover and dim rail and filling it up with mcbs . and once marked up would act as a good isolation / switching point for the client
but this is where i ummmed and rrrred and thought i might need to do some homework. below is my immediate concerns
1)400/415v present in switch bank (can be labelled)
2)12x circuits within one switch ( i guess this could be labelled)
3) 12x circuits neutrals and earths in same terminal block (although they can be installed in order and i guess the same as the main feed distribution board
4)cooker / hob circuits tend to be double pole switches (i won't have this) but now wondering why ? do they have to be ?
ive prob missed some info out of my description , but hoping you guys get the idea
what you guys think?
ta