What are Proteus MCB's made of, solid gold......

-Matt · Nov 2, 2018

Im not a big user of CEF, so I don't expect the best pricing, however this is surely taking the mick............

Its just a bog standard Proteus 6A MCB. Imagine the cost if I needed a full board of these......

[ElectriciansForums.net] What are Proteus MCB's made of, solid gold......

suffolkspark · Nov 2, 2018

Kin ell! And theyre turd

Deleted account · Nov 2, 2018

Totally agree. I don't have an account with them(CEF), but I wear my electrician printed logo shirt and jacket when I go there.
You would expect me to get a good price. No I don't. I get ripped everytime I go in. Obviously they don't want my custom so will never open an account with them. I avoid them like the plague.

Not a fan!

Pete999 · Nov 2, 2018

-Matt said:
Im not a big user of CEF, so I don't expect the best pricing, however this is surely taking the mick............

Its just a bog standard Proteus 6A MCB. Imagine the cost if I needed a full board of these......

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Proteuse=Carp =CEF

richy3333 · Nov 2, 2018

Crikey, only only pay a tenner for the Proteus/M2 RCBO's (type B)

Pete999 · Nov 2, 2018

Pete999 said:
Proteuse=Carp =CEF

Didn't have any experience of Proteus gear, needed 2 by 4 way CUs in IP rate enclosure, CEF Rep arranged for a Proteus Rep to see me.
We agreed they would build it for me, and ship it abroad, as time was short, wouldn't do that normally.
Once fitted ,worked OK for about a day then all the RCBOs went into meltdown, called CEF from my location (Berlin), managed to sort things out in the end using Merlin Gerin stuff, got home and went to town with the CEF management, suffice to say, we never used them again, and Proteus was banned from our vocabulary. Had many visit from the CEF Reps full of apologies, to no avail I hasten to add, went local independent wholesaler, never had better service, sorry Proteus, well not really.

Deleted member 105166 · Nov 2, 2018

£7.90 - that's ridiculous for a wholesaler's own label product, at the same level as a bog standard BG MCB, that can be had for less than a couple of quid. OK, it's a 10kA In type and these are a little bit more than the 6kA equivalent, but even so, you can get a decent branded (Hager, Eaton, etc) for less than that.
But with CEF, your individual trade pricing is down to the Manager at your local branch. We're lucky at Reading to have a really switched on (pardon the pun) Manager that likes to do deals.

Ian1981 · Nov 2, 2018

Don’t use cef much but when We do they usually charge top dollar as they moan we don’t use them often.

Deleted account · Nov 2, 2018

I hope some one from CEF is reading this.

Ian1981 · Nov 2, 2018

Hope not as they might think it’s too cheap and increase the price

Deleted member 105166 · Nov 2, 2018

Pete999 said:
CEF Rep arranged for a Proteus Rep to see me.

I thought they were one and the same?

andyb · Nov 2, 2018

Just looked on line, I have an account but rarely use them. My discounts are set up on line.
The 6a type C 10ka is indeed £7.90
Their 6a type B 6ka is £3.15.

Don't know what the equilivent would be elsewhere.

freddo · Nov 2, 2018

I bought some Hager 10KA MCBs the other day from a wholesaler £2.50 inc. VAT, and that was a non trade sale!

Pete999 · Nov 2, 2018

TonyMitchell said:
I thought they were one and the same?

OK the the guy from CEF who dealt with all the Proteus stuff, possibly imbedded in CEF to deal with all the complaints, you had pedants for your evening meal?

Deleted member 9648 · Nov 2, 2018

I have used a fair bit of Proteus and the equivalent M2 over the years.....neither are at all well built but the honest truth is I've had no more failures and problems than I've had with any other makes. CEF will charge whatever they can get away with, we once had a barney with them when a customer was offered a better price for an item than we had been quoted...and we'd had an account for many years. Not surprisingly they got both barrels and then some, along with a promise to remove our account if they ever pulled a stroke like that again.