Get your fuseboards out for the lads

Joshua · Jul 8, 2017

Just a little way to pass the time on Saturday lunch time

Go through your pictures and post the most recent fuseboard picture you've got.

This is mine which I done on Thursday.
I spot 4 snags. Without including that main earth (The Main contractor wouldn't supply earth terminal crimps)

[ElectriciansForums.net] Get your fuseboards out for the lads

Simonslimline · Jul 9, 2017

Last photo I took, last December if I remember correctly. Was not fully finished in this pic though.

LewisM · Jul 9, 2017

Here's one I did yesterday,

Okay here's one I did the other day.

Deleted member 93172 · Jul 9, 2017

Ok Joshua I can't let you take this one on your own, here's a sample of mine, I must say this was taken before any fire stopping was carried out,

Deleted member 93172 · Jul 9, 2017

And this is the incomer position behind the boards

Dave OCD · Jul 9, 2017

I like the 20mm plastic conduit saddle 'managing' the earths.

westward10 · Jul 9, 2017

Shame he didn't have an eight way block.

Dave OCD · Jul 9, 2017

Richard Burns said:
One would assume that the screw is the earth connection to the body of the board as installed by the manufacturer.

I am interested that you were not worried by the exposed copper on the RCD incomers and unused busbar.
How did you extend the storage heaters' circuits?

Yes that screw is the manufacturers means of earthing the steel enclosure.
I'm not totally happy with the copper on show in the RCDs Richard but the conductors are fully home in the terminals and they're the very fine stranded copper crimped together at the ends so to shorten them would be a faff and anyway nobody should be poking around in there without the main switch off.

The spare ways had the proper Hager blanks fitted which clip onto the din rail and fully shield the busbar prongs after I took the picture. The storage heater circuits which are now radials feeding individual sockets and labelled up in great detail were extended in the void behind my backboard using Ideal maintenance free connectors, I thought this fine as it's totally inaccessible with the CU fitted and there's no strain on the cabling.

westward10 · Jul 9, 2017

Seems pretty neat Dave but I would have taken equal lengths off the tails sheathing

It is annoying that the linking kits for these boards have exposed copper.

Dave OCD · Jul 9, 2017

Yes ok W10 you have me there and I normally do, less than 10mm in it though.

Anyway at that stage of the job I was dying for a cuppa and wanted to get the power back on.

hasel5 · Jul 9, 2017

ye oldie sparks said:
Ok Joshua I can't let you take this one on your own, here's a sample of mine, I must say this was taken before any fire stopping was carried out, View attachment 37260

That must of taken a while to terminate

leep82 · Jul 9, 2017

Not posted for a while so i'll get involved. Incoming supply had not been connected at this point. This DB was in a large dettached garage/granny flat.

westward10 · Jul 9, 2017

You might want to put a supply to that

leep82 · Jul 9, 2017

westward10 said:
You might want to put a supply to that

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freddo · Jul 9, 2017

I always forget just how tall those Wylex RCBOs are.

leep82 · Jul 9, 2017

freddo said:
I always forget just how tall those Wylex RCBOs are.

Good for hiding a rats nest of wiring behind though

westward10 · Jul 9, 2017

freddo said:
I always forget just how tall those Wylex RCBOs are.

Some forget to connect a mains supply

Ian1981 · Jul 9, 2017

leep82 said:
Not posted for a while so i'll get involved. Incoming supply had not been connected at this point. This DB was in a large dettached garage/granny flat.

View attachment 37269

Plastic consumer unit?

Dave OCD · Jul 9, 2017

Looks odd just seeing the neutrals with all the lives tucked in behind, not keen on those rear hidden terminals as I like to see the conductor is in properly when tightening.

leep82 · Jul 9, 2017

Ian1981 said:
Plastic consumer unit?

It wasnt done yesterday! Its an old pic taken prior to the new ammendmants, but the only one i have of a DB

Ian1981 · Jul 9, 2017

leep82 said:
It wasnt done yesterday! Its an old pic taken prior to the new ammendmants, but the only one i have of a DB

Did you ever get round to connecting the supply to it

leep82 · Jul 9, 2017

Ian1981 said:
Did you ever get round to connecting the supply to it

Yeah but thats why i took the pic prior to wrestling with the incoming supply and making a mess of what i thought was a nice job . Thats why there is an RCBO missing as the incoming supply was a SWA made off into an adaptable box the other side of the wall.