Upgrading a CU in a cupboard built of single skin 15mm ply, which also forms the rear wall of a fitted wardrobe in the adjacent bedroom. The CU itself will be on a mounting board spaced about 5mm from the wall and will be metal, so reasonably safe against penetration, but the meter and tails are on the single ply skin. Not sure if the 50mm clearance requirement applies here as the cables aren't inside a wall, but from a safety standpoint the wardrobe back wall is exactly the kind of place someone might put a screw into, not realising there's an 80A circuit only 15mm away.
Wondering if I should contact the supply company and ask them to remount the meter more satisfactorily, or perhaps just put a double skin, or maybe a steel sheet, on the wardrobe back wall?
Wondering if I should contact the supply company and ask them to remount the meter more satisfactorily, or perhaps just put a double skin, or maybe a steel sheet, on the wardrobe back wall?