SAB-Electrical

I'm going to do a job in France soon and I have a few questions, the main one being; are the MCBs the same as British ones?

All help will be much appriciated.

danzor

Hager is german and they all look the same, do the same job. So im guessing yes.

Especially all the EU crap, like colour cable etc

wayne

no expert but dont they use double pole mcb's on the continent ?
shouldn't be a problem to an experienced spark

Had8Lives

I've sorted out a messy (and unsafe) CU in France for family, and the MCBs were double pole. I even had to link the feed from the main switch into each breaker. No room for busbars as the terminals were inline and not offset.

wonkey donkey

BS EN (Euro Norm) lol. Should be the same

tony.towa

The basic characteristics of mcbs in France are the same but as others have said often double pole devices are used on single phase applications.
Generally they do not use a manufactured consumer unit but will "make" one using a DIN slotted box with dinrail and either a comb busbar or hard wiring from the incoming switch disconnector, or in most cases RCD.
With Merlin Gerin (Schneider) and Hager both manufacturing in France you will not be unfamiliar with the majority of devices you come across.

ian.settle1

Why do you think they now have a BS EN number on them?

Because it is to do with harmonisation with Europe