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Hello,

Had a sparky install a new consumer unit, has it been done correctly. Bare in mind the chap cut corners on other bits of work he was contracted to do.

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Good job done there Charlie, on the previous ref to the faulty level, it actually is dodgy. He checked it with my trusty boat level as the board looked well off with the built in bubble central- but most of them are like that. :)
 
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Worth bearing in mind the regs do say an EIC should be produced on completion of a new DB installation,but looking at this standard of work I would not let him any where near test gear, if he is registered report him, guys like this will kill someone!!!
 
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Charlie_ said:
Done a board swap for my nephew last week.
Was disappointed when I seen he had bought proteus/m2 but I was pleasantly surprised with the product..
The case is not as good as Hager or Wylex but the terminations are good, I prefer the fork style busbar

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Total MCB rating of 88A on a 63A RCD. Is this still allowed?

A nonsense I agree, but some manufacturers are adamant this is no longer permitted.

Edit: What rating is the cutout fuse?
 
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mattg4321 said:
Total MCB rating of 88A on a 63A RCD. Is this still allowed?

A nonsense I agree, but some manufacturers are adamant this is no longer permitted.

Edit: What rating is the cutout fuse?
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The regulations now require that the main switch and rccb are protected against overload and that diversity of the final circuits shall not be solely used.
Manufacturers instructions should be followed.
The primary ocpd could be 60/63 amps so it would be acceptable, then again it could be 80/100
 
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