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

[Lazlo]

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

 

[Charlie_]

C,

Thanks for this ... I have not personally followed the whole debacle from its inception ... just got involved with the debate after the 'empty stable' was found! It is useful to see another of the steps on the road to the current situation and to surmise as to the parties who produced this draft for comment and those who influenced its final text. Unfortunately 'design by committee' rarely produces a beautiful beast unless there is a strong commonly held vision of the required result and common motivation to achieve that end. Furthermore, unless a holistic view is taken of cause and effect, it is unlikely that treating the symptoms of the disease will cure its root!

If you wish to take a look at the draft that went out for public comment it is still available to view;

BS 7671:2008 Amendment 3 DPC - IET Org

 

[valleybilly]

Make Domestic premises have the same Included Reg regarding fire saftey as below then Job Done !!!!!!!!
[h=2]Residential premises such as care homes[/h] The regulation is not intended to apply to consumer units and similar switchgear assemblies in residential care homes or other premises not intended for household use. The concerns leading to the Regulation 421.1.201 being introduced related specifically to domestic premises, which are not covered by fire safety legislation in the way that premises such as care homes are. The regulation therefore uses the term ‘domestic (household) premises’.

Wiring Matters interviewed Charlie Pugsley, London Fire Brigade investigator, about the fire-related changes made by Amendment 3.



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[Eddiesparks]

How about plastic CU with a fire hood??!!