So, no need for blanks on spare ways, then.
IP Rating requirement for Garage/Workshop Consumer Unit
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That's certainly what you should have been 'asking', but what you actually wrote (as so many people do, so you're certainly not alone) was "...Unless they are claiming you need an IP rated CU" ... which surely implies that "an IP-rated CU" actually has some useful meaning, doesn't it?
As I said, it's fairly pedantic, but I can also see how it could confuse or mislead people who didn't know better.
Well...you cant open the door on that one without the use of a tool.....
There are certainly some dodgy products out there, but I seriously doubt that you would find a CU which (when appropriately populated by devices and/or blank plates, and with the installer not having managed cable entries incorrectly) did not comply with regs regarding IP rating.
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Agreed. Even the term "weatherproof" is probably better than "IP Rated", although most of us would understand the intended meaning.
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The first answer did say what is required, I remember in the 90's hearing a reference to WMDU and looking it up it stood for weather proof main distribution unit, and these had a bottom which likely did not comply with the IP rating. However were outside in all weather, and did not have any problems with them, in the 80's had some problems with bees making a nest inside one, but in real terms outside the loose fitting doors were enough to stop driving rain, snow etc. If raining really needs a cover before working on them, but inside the protection only needs to comply with BS 7671's requirements, that is ample.
True, but even "weatherproof" is potential misleading, "weather-resistant", or something like that, being closer to the truth!
Again, agreed, in terms of "most of us". However, as I wrote, someone who did not understand and read, or was told, that an "IP-rated" product was needed might be excused for believing that one with any IP rating (theoretically all the way down to IP00 !) would be satisfactory.
Oh yes I completely agree that it's misleading, but probably is more understandable than merely "IP Rated".
Agreed.
Of course, those of us 'who know' do understand what people (almost certainly) mean when that talk of "IP-rated" items - it's those "who don't know" who might sometimes be misled.
I saw a hand drier today with IPX1 rating today, very very basic but it is 'IP rated'.
Personally I think I'd prefer to see IP1X or even better IP3X to prevent tiny fingers reaching the heater element or impeller.
Personally I think I'd prefer to see IP1X or even better IP3X to prevent tiny fingers reaching the heater element or impeller.
IP1X surely would not prevent even large fingers touching things would it? ... unless you have fingers larger than 50 mm in diameter
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