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Yes, this is what that post is about, replacing this CU. I'm trying to find the right one to fit in between the timber.
Dare I suggest you ask the spark who is going to do the work?
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Yes, this is what that post is about, replacing this CU. I'm trying to find the right one to fit in between the timber.
You probably think...leave it to the professionals but I'm just planning and trying to understand as much as I can to avoid mistakes.
My partner and I have been saving money for the last 8 years to get to this point and as you can imagine after all this effort we want to do things right.
Just to clear out a few points to understand where I'm coming from:
I work in IT (Comms) where the work has to be planned very methodically to make sure you don't f*** up, leaving a few thousand users having a long break while you try to fix it. Then I a'm bit of control freak...Probably you know that by now.
I'm not Polish, I'm Spanish instead.
I'm not going to do the CU move myself. The Polish electrician will do it, I got a few things done by him in the past and he's been completely fine.
I'm trying to get everything organised before he arrives to install a CU to find this doesn't fit, with the clock ticking and money running out of my pocket.
You probably think...leave it to the professionals but I'm just planning and trying to understand as much as I can to avoid mistakes.
My partner and I have been saving money for the last 8 years to get to this point and as you can imagine after all this effort we want to do things right.
whats wrong with that board? its got the stab bus bar so just buy a selection of crabtree rcbo's to stick in it? better to do that if your on a budget than buying some BG piece of garbage
Suffolkspark is right, you have an 11 way starbreaker consumer unit, you just need Crabtree Starbreaker RCBOS for all the circuits. Bin the old style 2 module RCBOS to maximise your capacity at the ccu.
I would be a bit wary if your Pole didn't point that out straight away.
whats wrong with that board? its got the stab bus bar so just buy a selection of crabtree rcbo's to stick in it? better to do that if your on a budget than buying some BG piece of garbage
^^ that board DOES NOT have RCD's it has rcbo's
Read my earlier post - it's obsolete - and needs changing ....
Taking all of the guts out and replacing them puts it into dubious territory on the non-combustible CU front. Especially considering that, as far as I know, the whole lid is plastic not just the window.
Actually given that RCBOs are a type of RCD it most certainly does have RCDs. It doesn't have any RCCBs however.^^ that board DOES NOT have RCD's it has rcbo's
Read my earlier post - it's obsolete - and needs changing ....
Actually given that RCBOs are a type of RCD it most certainly does have RCDs. It doesn't have any RCCBs however.
i agree. due to the busbar layout on these boards, it's next to impossible to re-configure them.
Is the existing board metal clad?? If not then the board needs changing to comply with current regs.
Is the existing board metal clad?? If not then the board needs changing to comply with current regs.
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