Watch out I'm fitting a plastic DB in domestic.....

[Lazlo]

It's a TT so I reckon I'll sleep better at night knowing that if there was a fault to earth upstream of the RCDs the customer wouldn't get a brutal/possibly fatal belt. Just going to put it in the departures section of cert and discuss it at my annual inspection with my assessor.

I know I have till Jan anyway......Stupid reg should exclude TT installs, much more risk associated with electric shock than a possible loose termination resulting in a fire within DB. If it was so dangerous surely every night the news would be filled with stories of consumer unit infernos burning civilisation as we know it to the ground.:devil:

 

[DNO]

This is an excellent post, well thought out and logical. Fires? perhaps overheating of terminations yes, and if it happens our poster is correct in stating that the shock risk from bare tails needs protection by a plastic RCCD up front. In any event all the outfits giving their "recommendations" will disappear when a real issue develops, ie death or a severe incident. If have seen not one of the trade associations giving guarantees of safety-well they wont will they? So, plastic up front, a note to customer and you can sleep at night,

 

[Deleted member 9648]

This is an excellent post, well thought out and logical. Fires? perhaps overheating of terminations yes, and if it happens our poster is correct in stating that the shock risk from bare tails needs protection by a plastic RCCD up front. In any event all the outfits giving their "recommendations" will disappear when a real issue develops, ie death or a severe incident. If have seen not one of the trade associations giving guarantees of safety-well they wont will they? So, plastic up front, a note to customer and you can sleep at night,

Pointless and poorly thought out. The am3 regulations don't just apply to CU's, but to associated switchgear as well. An RCD in a plastic enclosure would be a departure, if you are going to do that you may as well just use a plastic CU!