Consumer unit extension wiring

[lozarus]

Anyone else noticed what seems to be doorbell wire in the 2 gange encloolsure at the bottom? Band 1 & Band 2 conductors mixed.

Admittedley probably least of the issues but still.

 

[LewisM]

How can you have all that room with a new board and cables entering the one place and it still look that bad!

 

[muso31]

Confirmed that the doorbell doesn't work. I was going to add a bell transformer at some point

 

[Dustydazzler]

As soon as I see a BG board I always think the worst!

Its not know as a the rough older Builders board of choice for nothing

 

[muso31]

Pretty grim. I've spent time on it today to put new cables in and glands:

Still not perfect but have addressed the side entry issues. Unfortunately the cables aren't long enough to allow the Wago junction box to be used correctly, what's the best way to resolve this, if any?

 

[telectrix]

As soon as I see a BG board I always think the worst!

me installed loads of BG boards. bever a problem. just hate the newer busbar shrouds.

 

[freddo]

I haven't installed a dual RCD board in years, RCBOs are so cheap now it doesn't really make sense to use them! I always hated the tangle of slightly too short internal tails as well.

 

[timhoward]

Unfortunately the cables aren't long enough to allow the Wago junction box to be used correctly, what's the best way to resolve this, if any?

Without seeing it for myself this is a bit of a guess, but I'd probably grab a 20mm holesaw and make three or four holes holes is the back of the top of the Wago XL box near the top, mark everything with a Sharpie and then feed the short original wires through the back of the box, resulting in the short wires being nearer the top, and the box being mounted lower down.
When done you should fit cable ties so no one can easily unclip the front.

EDIT you may have to flip 180 degrees so the wago's are at the bottom, and the new cables enter at the top

 

[muso31]

Either of these will work, great suggestions thanks

 

[muso31]

Out of interest, if I ever upgraded to rcbo's, I'm assuming these are all single pole aside from the 'sockets first floor' because I've found this is actually incorrectly labeled and it's actually sockets for both floors with two cables entering the one mcb. Therefore it'd require a double pole rcbo?

...or is it simply wired like that as its a ring and not a radial, therefore still a single pole rcbo