Are you still fitting plastic CUs......

[Lazlo]

or have you begun to install metal re:amendment 3...

 

[Engineer54]

The current plastic CU's don't catch fire now, in worse case scenario they tend to melt. As far as i'm aware the plastic used in todays CU's are already made of self extinguishing plastics!!....

 

[Guest125]

Oh No, you are back Gasp!!!

Yep. Got my collar felt for having a laugh. Lesson learned. No more jokes. You get banned for jokes. So I will just slag everyone else off and then place them on my ignore list when I lose the argument. You don't get banned for that.

;-)

 

[telectrix]

The current plastic CU's don't catch fire now, they tend to melt. As far as i'm aware the plastic used in todays CU's are already made of self extinguishing plastics!!....

i agree. it's all just a panic, most probably started by niceic.

 

[Guest125]

I have an old rugby trophy somewhere, I will scratch my name off it and add yours, congrats, you have just won a medal.

You never won a medal. Prove it? ;-)

 

[Leesparkykent]

The whole idea is a load of ****e, just need to manufacture what we got already to a better standard

 

[GMES]

Yep. Got my collar felt for having a laugh. Lesson learned. No more jokes. You get banned for jokes. So I will just slag everyone else off and then place them on my ignore list when I lose the argument. You don't get banned for that.

;-)

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[telectrix]

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my cat's bigger than your cat:

 

[Guest125]

The current plastic CU's don't catch fire now, they tend to melt. As far as i'm aware the plastic used in todays CU's are already made of self extinguishing plastics!!....

If this is the case then all good. Why is everyone flapping?

 

[shanky887614]

BEAMA says that the primary root-cause of fires in consumer units has been clearly identified as resulting from loose connections and this new regulation is intended to provide a level of enhanced fire risk protection in this event.

So, in particular, under Amendment 3 enclosures will need to be made from a suitable non-combustible material, or be enclosed in a cabinet / enclosure made from a suitable non-combustible material complying with regulation 132.12.

132 is just about access to it.

no problem

 

[baldsparkies]

If this is the case then all good. Why is everyone flapping?

15th edition, supplementary bonding.
We've been here before.

 

[Guest77]

Yep. Got my collar felt for having a laugh. Lesson learned. No more jokes. You get banned for jokes. So I will just slag everyone else off and then place them on my ignore list when I lose the argument. You don't get banned for that.

;-)

You big poof

 

[Geordie Spark]

or fit a normal plastic CU as we/ve done for years. tighten all the connections properly, then put it down as a deviation ( non-compliant but no less safe than if it was) so up yors IET or whatever you'll be called this time next year.

Or spray yer normal plastic CU with this:

Sorted!! :wink_smile:

 

[telectrix]

down here we call that stuff geordie gob stopper.

 

[davesparks]

Yes I do fit metal CU's, as I always have done since I was an apprentice. The only time I don't is TT installations.

 

[Guest77]

Yes I do fit metal CU's, as I always have done since I was an apprentice. The only time I don't is TT installations.

If you fitted one in my house I would ask you to remove it or I would get someone to replace it with a plastic one and deduct the cost from your final bill Dave lol