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Call out today, RFC dead in kitchen. Owner had switched all the switches on but rfc still off could not figure it out so called me to sort it. Looked everywhere, it was apparent there was another CU somewhere (to me) Owner insistent there was not as he knew the house and there was no way there was another one. Had to insist there was. Noticed hatch in ceiling in kitchen, lo and behold the impossible was true. Owner actually admitted he was thinking how dare I come in his house and suggest I knew more about it than him. It was quite comical really. Never seen this before. Still mystified as to the thinking. It was a sub-main off of a sub-main. Offered to put everything into one for circa £600, didn't say no didn't say yes....
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I wonder which came first , the access hatch or the consumer unit....?

presumably this was for some kind of extension previous owners built
 
Well @ipf over forty years of going into houses for electrical work, in London, Scotland and the south west, I can say that is the first time for me, must have lead a sheltered life! Are you really saying you encounter that often????? Indeed it was an extension but all rewired (the whole house) at the same time so they could have put it all in one. Just odd, very odd. @Matthewd29, about a year but had put off looking into the hatch, until that fateful day I arrived.
 
I know of two ext. CCUs tucked away in loft spaces. Several under the stairs - quite common in two up two downs, several in utility rooms, toilets, the best one is a PILC supply to a CCU half way up the bend on a staircase - needed a ladder and tressel to access it. More guidance is needed...lol
 
I know of two ext. CCUs tucked away in loft spaces. Several under the stairs - quite common in two up two downs, several in utility rooms, toilets, the best one is a PILC supply to a CCU half way up the bend on a staircase - needed a ladder and tressel to access it. More guidance is needed...lol
Changed loads of under the stairs fuse boxes , not too bad if you can sit and do it but had a few right in the foot of the stairs where you had to lay flat on your belly to reach it...
 

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