Worst place you've seen a fuseboard / consumer unit..??

sparkyjohn1 · May 5, 2014

Was round a job over the weekend,, asked the customer where the consumer unit was,,,,, led me to the cupboard under the stairs, not really a surprise.... but wasn't expecting this,, !! Lol...!!

Worst I've ever seen,,, !!! Although, it's an old Re-wirable Wylex, probably there before the toilet was put in,, so not really the sparkies fault... Plumber should have known better.!! Still worth a chuckle tho...//.

Brings a whole new meaning to locating a C/U in an accessible place.... hmm,,

[ElectriciansForums.net] Worst place you've seen a fuseboard / consumer unit..??

R G · May 5, 2014

SPARTYKUS said:
Best Ive seen was a house that had had a new kitchen fitted, in the corner unit, right at the back, was a small (maybe a foot by a foot) bit cut out of the back plate, still not obvious, but if one crawled into the kitchen cabinet, and shined a torch in the hatch and sideways, one would see a number of KMFs and a couple of off peak boards about 3 feet away on a wall.

completely inaccessable and out of reach.
was doing an EICR so wrote it up and walked off laughing wiping the tears away

Kitchen fitters are a law to themselves,,

Simon-0116 · May 5, 2014

Small industrial unit, put mez floor in and stairs ran staight past board, couldnt open db door never mind get lid off, not there problem so they not bothered

Richard Burns · May 5, 2014

These two were fairly annoying both at the back corner of kitchen cabinets, the one on the right was right beside the sink and you had to remove the fridge to get to it.

Another one was behind a sliding drawer in a kitchen and another one had had the kitchen built over it, not too badly but enough so you could not get to the neutral bar, the fixed cupboard came down over it and there was only two inches in front of it, the EICR took a long time!

AndrewMgan1976 · May 5, 2014

I remember seeing a plumber fitting a boiler directly above a consumer unit. Walked in and told him he'd have to move it.

Andy78 · May 5, 2014

I'm sure I have seen a pic on the forum before of one fitted inside a shower cubicle, or was it a service head ?

Anyway, a good one I have seen was on a mate's job I helped him on. The CU, fuse, and meters were in an alcove, similar to what you find at the side of a chimney breast. That alcove got a kitchen build in front of it, boarded and plastered, units and worktop put across it.
Easy enough to get to it all though in an emergency. Just empty all the stuff out the cupboard and unscrew the back panel. My mate had to crawl in there to do all the through connections for the CU relocation. He gets into some spaces for a tubby one.

HappyHippyDad · May 6, 2014

Andy78 said:
I'm sure I have seen a pic on the forum before of one fitted inside a shower cubicle, or was it a service head ?

Anyway, a good one I have seen was on a mate's job I helped him on. The CU, fuse, and meters were in an alcove, similar to what you find at the side of a chimney breast. That alcove got a kitchen build in front of it, boarded and plastered, units and worktop put across it.
Easy enough to get to it all though in an emergency. Just empty all the stuff out the cupboard and unscrew the back panel. My mate had to crawl in there to do all the through connections for the CU relocation. He gets into some spaces for a tubby one.

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Crikey Andy, the 2nd picture looks like your mate doesn't have a head!

Kate · May 6, 2014

Hahahah i was just going to say that

Andy78 · May 6, 2014

Ha yeah. Once you got into the alcove through the cupboard, it was full ceiling height.

Guest111 · May 6, 2014

Kwik Save supermarket in cheetham hill,racking right up to the db and no way to isolate it,a broken socket on the aluminium door frame where they plugged in the kiddie ride,had to change the front plate and backbox with the juice on.manager was doing his nut,you can't do it live,but you can't leave a broken socket with exposed cables! what?

KFH · May 6, 2014

Under the staircase the customer said. After laying on my back to get though a small hatch I could just about get a small screwdriver in to undo the cover. Had to remove the step and the step supports to be able to work on it.

GBDamo · Jan 5, 2022

Can't find a reference method for this in the BBB, any help with derating much appreciated.

It gets worse..

littlespark · Jan 5, 2022

Where did you find this thread?

Could be a good one to keep adding to

DPG · Jan 5, 2022

I'd forgot about that one under the stairs - classic!

OnlQQker · Jan 5, 2022

sparkyjohn1 said:
Was round a job over the weekend,, asked the customer where the consumer unit was,,,,, led me to the cupboard under the stairs, not really a surprise.... but wasn't expecting this,, !! Lol...!!

Worst I've ever seen,,, !!! Although, it's an old Re-wirable Wylex, probably there before the toilet was put in,, so not really the sparkies fault... Plumber should have known better.!! Still worth a chuckle tho...//.

Brings a whole new meaning to locating a C/U in an accessible place.... hmm,,

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