Thoughs on which board please

uksparks · Jan 4, 2015

Hi,

Got a house, 6 bed detached property, currently totally empty.

TNS
100A Cutout fuse supposedly

Ok, so I have two consumer units which need replacing as the covers will not stay on due to damage and broken casings etc.

The bloke would like them all in one unit, which I have to say would be nice.

I have the following across the two boards.

6x Light Circuits (6A)
1x Smoke Alarms (6A)
1x Boiler (16A)
1x Electric Fire (16A)
1x Cooker (32A)
3x Electric Shower (40A)
6x Ring Finals (32A)

To be honest, the house is heavily loaded in terms of the number of showers etc, I don't really know which way to approach this, he will probably not want to go with RCBO's due to cost, but I could stack a couple of boards.

What are your thoughts?

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driverman · Jan 4, 2015

Another thought would be......new board (s) and possibly reuse those Wylex MCB's (assuming they work).

Octopus · Jan 4, 2015

happyhippydad said:
I have to admit I have not seen these before :

Wylex NHDRS20SSLHI High Integrity 20 Way Dual RCD + Switch

I haven't had a proper look at the spec, but if you are thinking of 'stacking' 2 seperate ones then this could look neater.

Actually this one may be better, if you want some spare ways:

Wylex NHDRS26SSLHI High Integrity 26 Way Dual RCD + Switch

If there are 19 ways now, I'm note sure that a 20 way is enough!

Wickes have the 15 Hi Integ units, with 12 MCB's on offer at the moment!

HappyHippyDad · Jan 4, 2015

Murdoch said:
If there are 19 ways now, I'm note sure that a 20 way is enough!

Wickes have the 15 Hi Integ units, with 12 MCB's on offer at the moment!

Probably right Murdoch... The 26 way one would be better.

Leesparkykent · Jan 4, 2015

MEM type B 3-phase consumer unit with a eaton EBMS1251N incomer kit, RCBO's for circuits that do require RCD protection and MCB's for the circuits that don't require RCD protection (if any).

Simlec · Jan 4, 2015

Am I reading this wrong (probably) I don't understand whats wrong with the current boards ? Covers can be ordered from wholesale.

uksparks · Jan 4, 2015

I was just looking at these:
Hager - Newsletter | Product Update | August 2012

shanky887614 · Jan 4, 2015

3phase board with phase link.

i would go with.

the last double board i looked at was awful go for two split load boards if you have to instead

uksparks · Jan 4, 2015

Murdoch said:
Just because there 19 circuits including 3 showers doesn't mean that the total load will be high!

I know it doesn't, but you have to admit, its quite a lot of demand should it be used together.

shanky887614 · Jan 4, 2015

uksparks said:
I know it doesn't, but you have to admit, its quite a lot of demand should it be used together.

if you do go for a 3phase board with a conversion kit the owner could always get house upgraded to 3phase in thw future and it would be less work

uksparks · Jan 4, 2015

Simlec said:
Am I reading this wrong (probably) I don't understand whats wrong with the current boards ? Covers can be ordered from wholesale.

They are a meter or so apart and the customer would just like them put together ideally into one unit, its not the covers, the backs are damaged and where the screws locate, the lugs are buggered, the whole board needs renewing.

uksparks · Jan 4, 2015

shanky887614 said:
if you do go for a 3phase board with a conversion kit the owner could always get house upgraded to 3phase in thw future and it would be less work

I think thats a good idea, ill work out the cost for a board and see where it goes.

Guest77 · Jan 4, 2015

Hager make lovely domestic kit, so I think you cannot go far wrong there, individual RCBOs would be a better bet though, just saying :biggrin:

driverman · Jan 4, 2015

Something like this

shanky887614 · Jan 4, 2015

schneider acti 9 would be my choice, there white metal clad boards look nice

andyelectric · Jan 4, 2015

uksparks said:
I know it doesn't, but you have to admit, its quite a lot of demand should it be used together.

Is it an hmo? If so, there is a higher likelihood of showers being on at the same time, and also a possibility of portable heaters in each bedroom. Unlikely to be a problem if everything looks ok at the moment I would have thought.