best boards

[growler]

can anyone recommend a good cu for top entry ?

 

[Octopus]

None, they are all rubbish once you've opened up the "slots" for the cables.

why does it need to be top entry?

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Innuendo!

 

[growler]

its all surface in a garage, should i mount it ?

 

[somersetsparks]

crabtree or wylex

 

[GLENNSPARK]

better avoud top entry if you can.....
use the knockouts at the back of the board if you can...

 

[growler]

ip ratings and all that

 

[Redvanman]

Hagar comes with a foam strip that sorts out the IP issue or either mount the unit on battery's the back entry cables or install trunking above cu

 

[Redvanman]

Should have said batterns not battery's that would be stupid damn spell check

 

[growler]

mount on batterys?

 

[MDJ]

I like Crabtree starbreaker and Lewdens, but they are all cheap and cheerful eastern asian whatever you buy these days.

 

[Octopus]

2 x batterns on the wall, 1 x piece of mounting board onto the batterns, then you can use the entries at the back!

 

[somersetsparks]

Are we all just splitting hairs about these IP ratings? If your that worried I would buy a metalclad unit and some blind grommets and cut NEAT holes in them

 

[Deleted member 72666]

its all surface in a garage, should i mount it ?

Ooh err! Even more innuendo! Sorry it's just the way I'm reading these.

 

[Jay Sparks]

I had the misfortune of fitting a 13 way Proteus cu the other day. It was crap!!! The stickers that came with it where very poor. They where all white!! Bg are decent, or Wylex.

 

[Redvanman]

I had the misfortune of fitting a 13 way Proteus cu the other day. It was crap!!! The stickers that came with it where very poor. They where all white!! Bg are decent, or Wylex.

Proteus shame on you jay sparks :winkiss:

 

[Jimsparky]

Hager would be the best in that situation, or as suggested a metal board with flex glands in.

 

[Welchyboy1]

Anything but mk they are such poor quality now, and to think they used to be a superior brand, so sad!

only wylex or crabtree for me

 

[somersetsparks]

Anything but mk they are such poor quality now, and to think they used to be the brand for superior quality

only wylex or crabtree for me

Mk's quality has definitely taken a nose dive, the early sentrys were good and even had a sort of rubber grommet thing for top and bottom entries on the boards (on the placcy units), would have been ideal for this situation.

Speak of the devil, heres what the OP needs on ebay at a bargain price to! MK Sentry 4 Way Consumer unit board box | eBay


EDIT - Bargain until you see the postage price!

 

[atm84]

I can't understand why anyone would ever use anything but Square D. So good to work with.