House rewire. Unsure on terminating at Consumer Unit

[D00DY_T00DY]

That's not a bad looking job at all mate.

There's a whole lot of not bads being thrown about.
I believe the words you're looking for is "I'm in amazement of how you pulled off this piece of art"
I joke of course. Thank you very muchly

 

[Specialist]

Your welcome, Think we only give out the work of art accolade when we're looking q at Ladder & Tray work

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Your welcome, Think we only give out the work of art accolade when we're looking q at Ladder & Tray work

Do ladder work all the time. Up em, down em move them a bit. Back on the ladder rack after too!
Only done ladder and tray work in college.
It did get stolen.. er ... recycled when I advanced onto the apprenticeship course

Wouldn't know where to begin with tray work lol

 

[Specialist]

Don't know if they're still about but there used to be some excellent pictures of Traywork installs some of the guys had done, somewhere on the forum. Well worth a look if you can find them.

 

[Dave OCD]

I do carry some A4 notepads however in my car so they usually stay there lol,
All gets jotted down in order whilst testing in my bosses notepad.

I love putting in fuseboards. Nice cosy little cupboards with all my tools next to me cuppa (making sure the kettles been boiled before I disconnect of course! Not an amateur)

What about your temporary lead for the kettle ?? Anyway connecting up a CU is at least a two cuppa job, possibly three. You still have a bit to learn !

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

What about your temporary lead for the kettle ?? Anyway connecting up a CU is at least a two cuppa job, possibly three. You still have a bit to learn !

That's all it's for... first job after setting the radio up
Teach me the ways of the CU change sensai!
Got to have a cold drink between. Water if I'm feeling particularly health to cancel out the kebab after work. Keep hydrated. Thirsty work bending all those cables

 

[Chivers]

Not sure about the Bus Bar, not the finished article?

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Not sure about the Bus Bar, not the finished article?

Pretty sure I took the photo before I realised the bus bar wasn't actually in. It's my most recent picture of a board I've done.
Quite a while back though

Oops

(I did say it wasn't perfect! )

 

[Resu]

Pretty sure I took the photo before I realised the bus bar wasn't actually in. It's my most recent picture of a board I've done.
Quite a while back though

Oops

(I did say it wasn't perfect! )

Interesting route for the tails

 

[Chivers]

I'd put a bit of heat shrink on some of those pre-made cables too with the copper showing and cut the ferrule lengths down.

 

[marc8]

Whenever a board is being changed by your mentor keep an eye out on what he's doing, ask questions.
They'll fairly straight forward once you've seen it being done and done a couple.
The tricky bits getting it looking spot on with the nice sweeping cables

I would be concerned about putting up a picture of breaking into the meter to put in a temporary supply.


By no means the perfect example however I'm quite proud of it

Earth to the earth bar, neutral to the neural bar. If it's a dual rcd be sure to terminate the same cable to the same side of the board.

Get yourself a cheap board as rpa said and give it a mock test with off cuts of cable.

Another tip:
When connecting up have say, upstairs sockets on one side and downstairs sockets on the other side so should a fault happen total loss of power to the house will be less likely to happen.
Best of luck

Whenever a board is being changed by your mentor keep an eye out on what he's doing, ask questions.
They'll fairly straight forward once you've seen it being done and done a couple.
The tricky bits getting it looking spot on with the nice sweeping cables


By no means the perfect example however I'm quite proud of it

Earth to the earth bar, neutral to the neural bar. If it's a dual rcd be sure to terminate the same cable to the same side of the board.

Get yourself a cheap board as rpa said and give it a mock test with off cuts of cable.

Another tip:
When connecting up have say, upstairs sockets on one side and downstairs sockets on the other side so should a fault happen total loss of power to the house will be less likely to happen.
Best of luck