ip ratting is not just for water ingress it is for dust aswell i think it ip4x for the top of a consumer unitunless the board is in a wet area the ip rating doesnt have to be maintained :army:. Id go for the wood option with rear entry. oo er
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ip ratting is not just for water ingress it is for dust aswell i think it ip4x for the top of a consumer unitunless the board is in a wet area the ip rating doesnt have to be maintained :army:. Id go for the wood option with rear entry. oo er
as long as you havent chewed a massive gaping whole in the top, a slot for cables will be fine. Im sure common sense comes into play...
i know then the thread was dug back up with incorrect info saying that you can not mount a CU on wood and then lankywill mention that ip ratting only apply to wet areas so i felt he needed info on thisYep as was said answered by #9
I sort of agree, nothing to do with fire rating of IP rating etc, think its just a bit pants mounting it on a piece of wood. I note Wylex offer a CU pattress, you'd think nowadays all the manufacturers would provide something in a similar vein?I find it difficult to believe people are still mounting consumer units on wood battens, I suppose at least it is somewhere for the mice to crawl into in the winter.
Various threads on this subject for some time now. Reg 421.1.201 requires non combustible CU (domestic properties), non ferrous metal is deemed to be a way of achieving that. No mentioned or recommendation of using metal glands, but you can if you want. Only requirement, as it has previously been required, is to maintain the applicable IP ratings. Therefore bespoke glands or blind grommets as has been suggested, trunking, or utilise rear entry for cables. It is only the CU (or similar switch gear assemblies) that now has to be metal, not the method of entry.
Shame you didn't point out my mistake 15 weeks ago, it's obviously completely confused everyone since then. The rest of the post was alright though, wasn't it?Well the fundamental crux of your post is totally wrong, because it is FERROUS METAL that has been deemed as an example of a suitable material, NOT, NON-FERROUS metal.
Please.
I find it difficult to believe people are still mounting consumer units on wood battens, I suppose at least it is somewhere for the mice to crawl into in the winter.
Shame you didn't point out my mistake 15 weeks ago, it's obviously completely confused everyone since then. The rest of the post was alright though, wasn't it?
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