😱Check out this dangerously dusty distribution board which was recently discovered by Guardian Electrical inspector Sam Bray!
📸As can be seen below, the worrying lack of ingress protection has on this DB has taken its toll over time and resulted in a build up of dust, as well as easy access for any other substances or foreign bodies to gain entry.
⚠️One of the biggest dangers of dust beyond long-term damage to electronics themselves, are secondary events from flammable dust. A build-up of flammable dust could result in a fire that, depending on the ambient dust levels, could even result on a thermal runaway that may spread throughout the entire workplace.
📜Regulation 522.4.1, states, ‘wiring systems must be selected and installed to minimise danger arising from ingress of solid foreign bodies, with the completed installation achieving the IP degree appropriate to the location’.
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