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priority fuse board location

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  • 04-11-2019 11:48pm
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    Phil.x
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    Evening all, my sister is at me to install another electric shower for her, this means installing a priority board.
    To make life easy im looking to mount this board at the top of the staircase so i dont have to run another cable back to the fuseboard if i was to mount it down there.
    Is this ok.


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    2011
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    It is possible to do it this way and comply with the rules. However it may not look too pretty especially when you consider the maximum permissible mounting height is pretty low. I wouldn’t be happy with this solution if it was my house. Having said that it wouldn’t bother plenty of other people.


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    meercat
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    Phil.x wrote: »
    Evening all, my sister is at me to install another electric shower for her, this means installing a priority board.
    To make life easy im looking to mount this board at the top of the staircase so i dont have to run another cable back to the fuseboard if i was to mount it down there.
    Is this ok.

    My inspector said it is permissible to mount it in the attic.


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    2011
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    meercat wrote: »
    My inspector said it is permissible to mount it in the attic.

    That would very much depend on the attic.


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    Sleeper12
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    meercat wrote:
    My inspector said it is permissible to mount it in the attic.


    I have seen this many times. I can't tell you if it's right or wrong but it's quite common.


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    naughtysmurf
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    We've one in the attic, the attic is floored, board is at eye level & easily accessible though with an attic stairs


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    2011
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    naughtysmurf wrote: »
    We've one in the attic, the attic is floored, board is at eye level & easily accessible though with an attic stairs

    That sounds ideal. However most attics are not like this, for that reason I normally wouldn’t be a fan of this approach.


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    Twister2
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    2011 wrote: »
    That sounds ideal. However most attics are not like this, for that reason I normally wouldn’t be a fan of this approach.

    I would agree

    "Readily accessible" to my mind means a fitted attic stairs to comply with ET:101 2008

    And Floored with Lighting to enable easy access

    -that would rule out many attics


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