Cable and Polystyrene, but Cable and PVC?

[Lectrician]

Removed a moulded consumer unit recently and found many of the cables attached to the plastic enclosure. No overheating at all, just seems like a chemical reaction. Cables were OK, but stuck well!

Hoping image is the right way around, it is on my phone, but often uploads incorrectly due to Apples rotation meta tags.

 

[Echo the husky]

Enclosure made of polystyrene? I've seen this when flexes have been wrapped around plastic appliances and then stored for a long time.

 

[Lectrician]

You would hope a consumer unit wouldn't be made of anything that can affect cables :-/

 

[Echo the husky]

I hope a lot of things about modern consumer units, yet I'm let down by the manufacturers time and time again. Bring back the Wylex Standard boards!

 

[securespark]

Yeah...the old 4/ 6 way 60A boards with 16 milli tails. Them were the days!

Although when you say bring them back, they never left!

I saw them on sale on line the other day.

Edit:

http://www.discount-electrical.co.uk/section.php/107881/1/wylex-standard-series-consumer-units

 

[Iggifer]

I took a wooden one out the other day if anyone wants it Was a 6 way beaut too. Make me an offer

 

[flameport]

Unless it's ancient, the plastic enclosure should have markings on it to identify the type of plastic, usually a number inside a triangle of arrows. 6 would be polystyrene.

 

[kai]

It could have been poor quality cable perhaps??