I was thinking of a CU enclosure but all the ones I found had a main switch which I don't need.I've never thought of using a CU enclosure for this purpose.
Enclosure for contactors
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The contactors you have linked to are presumably designed to fit in CUs as they are the same shape as MCBs, the way Bernard had used relays in a CU enclosure had not occurred to me.
A agree it looks dodgy but ....
The angle of the camera doesn't show that the front surface of the relay socket is about 10 mm behind the aperture of the enclosure so accidental contact with the surface of the relay is unlikely. Then the head of the terminal screw is recessed 3 mm below the surface of the socket so it is 99% impossible for a finger to make contact with the head of the screw.
Then there is the lid of the enclosure as the first line of defence.
I did think about a strip of insulating material to reduce the size of the aperture to cover the terminals but a risk assessment suggested it was not essential
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Having fitted many thousands of them I know the products intimately however I wouldn't have left it like that, particularly if there is any mains wiring on the contacts .
Shame the relays are so tall, at least filling the slot with blanks would have helped.
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