On a new build, does the consumer unit height have to comply to the same
1200mm max height as all the rest of the electrical accessories?
1200mm max height as all the rest of the electrical accessories?
Consumer unit height.
May 11, 2017
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1200mm max height as all the rest of the electrical accessories?
1200mm is a guide anyway. Typical height of CU's is recomended between 1200 and 1500mm.
In a modern build box where on earth is there space to waste on a chest level CU???? Mind you, with the average ceiling height seeming to be on a slide back towards 16th century levels[1], perhaps 1500mm is the top of the wall.
[1] I boggle at how stupidly low some modern ceilings are. I'm 5'9 and light fitting seem almost at eye level. The 6'4 brigade must actually be looking down on the shades.
In the recess behind the front door in my mothers 5 year old build. It's less than chest level so probably around the 1200 mark. Quite a good place for it, not much else could be put there and it is nice and easy for her to reach . As an octogenarian with some mobility problems the days of standing on some wobbly step device to reach a just below the ceiling CU to reset a breaker are over.
G.Harman
Cupboard under the stairs - unless it's a flat?
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
My next one will be head height. Because that is where the outgoing cables are. Incoming supply will be safely ducted.
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Since I have a cellar, cables go both ways. What I did was make a false wall to mount the CU on - so cables are behind that.
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