One out, one in, nice!

VoltzElectrical · Jul 28, 2013

I went for a metal clad BG board and all RCBO setup from Electric fix and was very impressed with the quality and price. £127 all in, delivered to my door as well. Which was nice.

Spoon · Jul 29, 2013

Thanks for the reply Guitarist. I would click on the Thanks button, but its not showing up on your post at the mo.

Its there now...

Gaz Towle · Jul 29, 2013

neat but not sure about your ip ratings for top of the db

DPG · Jul 29, 2013

Yeah, why has no-one mentioned the IP rating of the top of the board??

Daz

telectrix · Jul 29, 2013

it's been mentioned several times if you read the posts.

DPG · Jul 29, 2013

telectrix said:
it's been mentioned several times if you read the posts.

My sarcasm was obviously not as obvious as I thought

Daz

Gaz Towle · Jul 29, 2013

lol me bad should have read all the messages before my post

VoltzElectrical · Jul 29, 2013

I'm going to box the cables in and renew the tails. It'll look pucker once I've finished! Thanks for all the input.

Voltz

GLENNSPARK · Jul 29, 2013

Guitarist said:
Building regs now have a recommended height for new installations. When replacing existing boards, however, it usually has to go where it was.

depends on how much (if any) the cables will pull G....
there is a box to tick however in regards to accessibility to switch gear in your schedule of inspections....

GLENNSPARK · Jul 29, 2013

VoltzElectrical said:
I'm going to box the cables in and renew the tails. It'll look pucker once I've finished! Thanks for all the input.

Voltz

Voltz....we all know it will

Guitarist · Jul 30, 2013

GLENNSPARK said:
depends on how much (if any) the cables will pull G....
there is a box to tick however in regards to accessibility to switch gear in your schedule of inspections....

Absolutely. Very rare that I can do anything with a CU being too high unless the customer wants to pay for cable extensions.

VoltzElectrical · Jul 31, 2013

I went back there this afternoon, ran in the last smoke detector, got the floor boards back down with those metal plates over the cables, then turned my attention to the consumer unit. Timber frame and plasterboard boxing in, then a bit of filler. It just needs a quick sand and a coat of paint to finish it off. oh, and new tails too.

Guitarist · Jul 31, 2013

Now, with just a cable-tie base and tie to hold those tails secure, the job will be perfect...

VoltzElectrical · Jul 31, 2013

Got lights in back room and testing to do so will put a couple of 'P' clips on when I'm there (didn't have them with me today). :28:

Thanks.

Geordie Spark · Jul 31, 2013

That's a nice job there Voltz.

iamelectric · Jul 31, 2013

looks much better than the first pic , am not picking holes but the first pick may have complied with the regs but it looked sh1te , no point making it so neat inside when the outside looked so bad , i work with 2 old joiners sometimes they are slow as f , but they are amazing there work is second to none and there moto is every job is like working on their own house if you wouldnt have it in your own house like that then dont do it in someone elses house , so it may have just been a rented property but someones got to look at it , looks far far better,
now just give it a lick of wite paint and your finished ;-) joke