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sori when I read your first post... "this will be a....." I assumed none of it was in yet
ive used a surface mount meter box before with a metal board inside, took the swa cables through compression glands in the meter box, then armoured glands into the dis board inside it... no creatures getting in there!
According to GN4 the non combustible idiocy is applicable to inside domestic premises and their attached garages/outbuildings and those nearby, therefore I interpret this to mean that with an outbuilding attached or near the house non combustible containment inside the building would be required.The main driving force for my question is that metal weatherproof enclosures seem to stop at garage units which only have 3 circuits... this requires more. After that, if you want metal, they become prohibitively expensive... cheaper to whack a non-weatherproof board in a weatherproof box.
According to GN4 the non combustible idiocy is applicable to inside domestic premises and their attached garages/outbuildings and those nearby, therefore I interpret this to mean that with an outbuilding attached or near the house non combustible containment inside the building would be required.
If the largest size consumer unit is 5 module then could you get two consumer units and stack/link them together with non combustible couplers of appropriate size and have a main switch and three circuits in one enclosure and the remaining circuits in the other enclosure whilst maintaining the CCC with link cables ?
It may be a bit of a contrivance but would be more familiar to a domestic user and possibly easier to install.
According to GN4 the non combustible idiocy is applicable to inside domestic premises and their attached garages/outbuildings and those nearby, therefore I interpret this to mean that with an outbuilding attached or near the house non combustible containment inside the building would be required.
If the largest size consumer unit is 5 module then could you get two consumer units and stack/link them together with non combustible couplers of appropriate size and have a main switch and three circuits in one enclosure and the remaining circuits in the other enclosure whilst maintaining the CCC with link cables ?
It may be a bit of a contrivance but would be more familiar to a domestic user and possibly easier to install.
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