Are there blanking plates sold for filling the gaps in partly populated consumer units? Just curious.
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Partly populated consumer unit
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Yes.
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:)
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Yup. They vary in quality from a kind of dummy MCB, to a strip of plastic with lugs on the ends...
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What if the case is the new-fangled metal box, are the blanking plates still plastic ?.
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There are some metal ones about as well now, e.g. :
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Yes, I have several in my Crabtree ones on my boat.
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Yes. But the lid over them is made of metal.
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and the MCBs are made of plastic
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When I was fitting a metal Wylex for which both metal and plastic blanks were available, the instructions said you must use the metal blanking plates for the CU to meet the newer non-flammable CU requirements.