replacing a consumer unit

[Andy78]

Its a good Job I don't do domestics

It's only a recent change, 2015 edition of Part M. I don't do new builds either though, not my scene at all.

 

[telectrix]

wish i didn't.

 

[Flanders]

It's only a recent change, 2015 edition of Part M. I don't do new builds either though, not my scene at all.

So they decided that they did not care about disabled people accessing there Consumer unit to reset an mcb or rcd when a lamp blows

 

[Andy78]

So they decided that they did not care about disabled people accessing there Consumer unit to reset an mcb or rcd when a lamp blows

I suppose it must be deemed accessible to wheelchair users yet out of reach of small children. It's the primordial dwarfs I feel are excluded here.

 

[Midwest]

What size is your ----?

Depends on how far they droop, mind.

 

[Midwest]

Falling objects is what I was told on the 2391.

I can vouch that. Did a job recently, where the old chap kept all his small cartridge fuses for his Wylex board on top of it, for safe keeping. He kept losing them though. I took the lid off and found them all on top the main switch terminals, haven fallen through an non compliant IP rated hole :-(

 

[Leesparkykent]

The new board can stay at the same height the old one is. The new board shouldn't be installed at a new height which would make it worse for accessibility than it is now, which in your case would be below 450mm.