This morning's bit of handy work

[uksparks]

Hi,

Just thought id share my work with you, I did this board change this morning, I was contemplating extending the circuits, but managed to get it all to fit quite well, quite neat considering.

Had to put new bonding in and tails and main earth which was a pain dragging it down through the cavity. I had to pull the main fuse in the end despite having WPD out last week to fit the isolator, I then realized today I couldn't get the earth in without removing the fuse!

Started at 7:45am and finished a 1pm, fully tested, inspected and all paperwork done.

 

[davesparks]

As you may have gathered I don't fit RCD split boards so don't have the flying neutral leads to contend with.
But in the days of the 16 the edition when the standard split board was the norm I never saw a problem with it, the cable is connected to a bare brass bar which is fully exposed so what does a 1/4" of ferrule matter?

(And apparently nobody ever takes the lid off without phoning the DNO to come and remove the bullet for them anyway)

 

[NDG Elecs]

Well done for labelling bonds and earth etc mate. Makes next sparks life a lil easier. Felt the labelling of the cooker cct cable before you stripped the 3036 out wasn't needed as it looks to be the only 4/6mm in there! Never used MK boards as I don't like the stickers - look too cluttered. I like BG, decent price high integrity boards, standard dual boards usually go for Hager.

 

[Engineer54]

As you may have gathered I don't fit RCD split boards so don't have the flying neutral leads to contend with.
But in the days of the 16 the edition when the standard split board was the norm I never saw a problem with it, the cable is connected to a bare brass bar which is fully exposed so what does a 1/4" of ferrule matter?

(And apparently nobody ever takes the lid off without phoning the DNO to come and remove the bullet for them anyway)

As i said you can do whatever, apart from anything else, to me it just doesn't look right!! I think you'll find it's more like 1/2'' or so rather than 1/4'', which is why i suggested cutting the length down a bit as well!! lol!!

 

[Guest77]

Well hats off to UKsparks who had the courage to post up photos here, the job looks okay and nothing looks dangerous to me so all in all it is fine, a few picky points could be made but I aint going to make them, as mentioned fairplay to him, for posting, just to finish MK boards are terrible IMO, I prefer BG, Lewden or Curves for domestic use, MEM or Merlin Gerin for commercial use.

 

[PEG]

Yep,fair play to him for basically voluntarily entering a nation wide wang length competition...we can all be picky...i thought why are there redundant breakers left in there?...they ONLY confuse the customer and can cause arguments after the cooker blows christmas dinner,then i remembered,i do it too... good job fella :indian_brave:

 

[davesparks]

As i said you can do whatever, apart from anything else, to me it just doesn't look right!! I think you'll find it's more like 1/2'' or so rather than 1/4'', which is why i suggested cutting the length down a bit as well!! lol!!

Well you see it all depends whether you are working in male inches or female inches

 

[jimjimjim]

Nice job, well done.

Do you get free label tape? Maybe just me but i cringe everytime i watch my printer spitting out a label.

Jim

 

[Brightspark2]

(and apparently nobody ever takes the lid off without phoning the dno to come and remove the bullet for them anyway)

lol....

 

[7029 dave]

Looks good well done, the last mk cu I fitted was the mk sentry board. lol

 

[jaypp]

Well you see it all depends whether you are working in male inches or female inches

That's why they're bad at parking eh!!

 

[uksparks]

Thanks very much for all your kind comments. I did think about extending a couple of the conductors but decided against it as its probably best not to introduce another joint if possible.

the neutrals, I would have chopped them down a bit, not sure why I didn't as I have lads of those ends, I think I'll put the blue heatshrink over the ends on the one on Friday.

The spares, I thought I best stick a couple in as the customer had seen the board sitting there and I know he would have been asking where all the spare ones went.

 

[not clever]

Thanks very much for all your kind comments. I did think about extending a couple of the conductors but decided against it as its probably best not to introduce another joint if possible.

the neutrals, I would have chopped them down a bit, not sure why I didn't as I have lads of those ends, I think I'll put the blue heatshrink over the ends on the one on Friday.

The spares, I thought I best stick a couple in as the customer had seen the board sitting there and I know he would have been asking where all the spare ones went.

And there is the first cardinal sin, letting the customer see the materials...........there's profit in them spares.

 

[davesparks]

So what if the customer sees that you have more breakers on site than you need? I always have a few extras just in case of a faulty one or those little surprises, I take them away with me if I don't use them though and either keep them for the next one or get them credited at the wholesalers.

 

[Engineer54]

Well you see it all depends whether you are working in male inches or female inches

Well as far as i'm concerned, it's the same as stripping an inch of insulation off the cable and inserting into 1/4'' inch of bus bar. Would anyone here be happy seeing that?? Horses for courses!! as they say! ...lol!!

 

[davesparks]

I believe you have missed the joke about the gender of the inches there

I know what you are saying and agree I wouldn't make a termination like that. But if the manufacturers are going to supply cables premade and connected like that then they can stay like that.

 

[percysybil]

lovely job and some really useful tips from the many responses..

can I ask about the labels you use ?

are they brought pre-printed or do you use a hand-held printer such as a Dymo?

cheers

 

[GLENNSPARK]

lovely job and some really useful tips from the many responses..

can I ask about the labels you use ?

are they brought pre-printed or do you use a hand-held printer such as a Dymo?

cheers

you can get labels for the rhino dyno and brother etc that are like heatshrink....you ring the cables with em...

 

[uksparks]

lovely job and some really useful tips from the many responses..

can I ask about the labels you use ?

are they brought pre-printed or do you use a hand-held printer such as a Dymo?

cheers

Yes it's a brother P Touch 7600. Not chep but you can do a lot with it.

 

[PEG]

I have a similar model,has loads of symbols and memory for repeats etc,also does heat-shrink tape but have not found any for sale local,may go on tinterweb to source...was playing with it when new at at bbq,printed and stuck a label to the back of mrs peg which said "IF FOUND RETURN TO KITCHEN"....had to hide it since...

 

[cornishboy]

Just wondered why you have upgraded the main tails as there is no requirement to change them from 16mm to 25mm if u do the calcs it fully complies and the incomer is only 16mm usually,