Plastic CU in exit corridor, C3?

[Andyr86]

Evening guys and gals

Done a ECIR in an HMO today, consumer unit was of plastic construction situated in an exit hallway on the ground floor. I recently read some pamphlet in a wholesalers which told me that, due to the Am3 regulations relating to fire proofing, we need to be coding such a scenario as a C3. Is this a load of nonesense in an attempt to sell more consumer units or is it as per regulations?

Cheers guys

Andy

 

[Octopus]

IMHO its only a C3 if under the stairs.....

Page 16 of the relevant Best Practice Guide

 

[Paul.M]

Code 4.... "A fire extinguisher should be mounted within 6ft of the potential offending electrical installation".

 

[Darkwood]

I once read in a Wholesalers that a cable stripper was a must have and you can't live without one, - I'm still alive and still £18.99 better off

 

[andyb]

I recently read some pamphlet in a wholesalers

That's where I get all my electrical knowledge from Andy :smile5::smile5:

 

[Octopus]

One of my local wholesalers, last Spring, were telling sparkies that the AMD3 metal boards were compulsory from 1st July 2015!

 

[davesparks]

I recently read some pamphlet in a wholesalers which told me that, due to the Am3 regulations relating to fire proofing, we need to be coding such a scenario as a C3.
Andy

I can highly recommend another publication which presents the regulations exactly as they are, it's called bs7671