Can anyone recommend an insulated consumer unit (i.e. not metal) that
is sturdy please?

I have a SWA cable feeding power into my garage and I need a plastic
consumer unit with a lower edge that isn't distorted by the weight of
the cable/cable gland.

Most of the consumer units I've looked at seem quite flimsy.

Thanks

On Oct 1, 10:20 am, wrote:
Can anyone recommend an insulated consumer unit (i.e. not metal) that
is sturdy please?

I have a SWA cable feeding power into my garage and I need a plastic
consumer unit with a lower edge that isn't distorted by the weight of
the cable/cable gland.

Most of the consumer units I've looked at seem quite flimsy.

Thanks

All the ones I have seen are flimsy...I'd recommend terminating the
SWA into an adaptable box underneath the consumer unit.

Steve

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
stevelup wrote:

On Oct 1, 10:20 am, wrote:
Can anyone recommend an insulated consumer unit (i.e. not metal) that
is sturdy please?

I have a SWA cable feeding power into my garage and I need a plastic
consumer unit with a lower edge that isn't distorted by the weight
of the cable/cable gland.

Most of the consumer units I've looked at seem quite flimsy.

Thanks

All the ones I have seen are flimsy...I'd recommend terminating the
SWA into an adaptable box underneath the consumer unit.

Steve

I terminated mine in a bit of aluminium angle, screwed to the wall right by
the entry to the CU - using a piranha fitting to attach the earth cable.
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Can anyone recommend an insulated consumer unit (i.e. not metal) that
is sturdy please?

I have a SWA cable feeding power into my garage and I need a plastic
consumer unit with a lower edge that isn't distorted by the weight of
the cable/cable gland.

Most of the consumer units I've looked at seem quite flimsy.

I put in a MK Sentry and wasn't aware of it being flimsy though I used a
side entry knock-out. (don't think there was a knockout on the lower edge)

You said "distorted by the weight". There is no weight with a properly
supported and dressed SWA cable, so that is the real answer. Leave the
final fixing of the consumer unit until the gland position is finalised if
you have problems getting the length exactly right.

Jim A

wrote:

Can anyone recommend an insulated consumer unit (i.e. not metal) that
is sturdy please?

Is your garage going to have an independent TT earth? If not, you can
use a metal CU.

Most of the consumer units I've looked at seem quite flimsy.

Use adequate cable restraint on the SWA and it becomes a non issue.

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Cheers,

John.

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