New fuseboard fitted badly

[davidanthony41]

My friend had a new fuseboard fitted I went to test it .unreal

 

[Dave OCD]

That looks atrocious ! All the Wagos are in the trunking ? Have you any pictures of inside the CU ?

 

[littlespark]

Was that all hanging like that, or have you pulled it out the trunking?

live?

wagos should be in an enclosure, not the trunking, but sometimes it’s unavoidable to joint and extend cables into a new board.

looks like finishing quick came above tidiness in this job

 

[Dave OCD]

There's no excuse for it at all, I just can't understand how anybody could walk away from that thinking it was acceptable - but sadly many just couldn't care less - it's all about getting as much money as possible for doing as little as possible.

 

[SJD]

Difficult to really know without a photo further back showing more, but I'm thinking why was there not room to just install the new board where the old one was, and not need any junctions? Possibly moving the isolator a bit if needed.

 

[Dustydazzler]

This is just horrible

I would rip that entire monstrosity out and start again ( I would put the level wagos in my tool box)

the rest straight in the skip

 

[Pretty Mouth]

wagos should be in an enclosure, not the trunking

@littlespark , is there a reg that prohibits connections in trunking? Sometimes I use a length of 100 X 50 plastic trunking in which I extend cables for board changes. It would be good to know if I'm getting this wrong.

I was under the impression that trunking is an enclosure, this is from definitions:

Cable trunking. A closed enclosure normally of rectangular cross-section, of which one side is removable or hinged, used for the protection of cables and for the accommodation of other electrical equipment.

 

[cliffed]

@littlespark , is there a reg that prohibits connections in trunking? Sometimes I use a length of 100 X 50 plastic trunking in which I extend cables for board changes. It would be good to know if I'm getting this wrong.

I was under the impression that trunking is an enclosure, this is from definitions:

Cable trunking. A closed enclosure normally of rectangular cross-section, of which one side is removable or hinged, used for the protection of cables and for the accommodation of other electrical equipment.

Agree …trunking is an enclosure.

 

[Colin Jenkins]

My friend had a new fuseboard fitted I went to test it .unreal

The consumer unit is a Skrewfix brand. Maybe a clue it's a DIY-type replacement, not a time-served sparks. The fixed cables should have been marshalled into an adaptable box with a DIN rail connector bar to extend the circuits to the CU. Utterly dismal workmanship which should be isolated, corrected and tested.

 

[UNG]

That installation is definitely a C1+
A picture of the inside of the CU would be good as it looks like the RFC's have been extended into the CU with a single 2.5 T&E