At end of day it’s not our fault we can’t get replacements some even say we can’t use sourced ones from ebaby if secondhand who is going to walk away from a job just because they don’t want to use a pre loved mcb not me
What’s the rating of smoke paper in a plugtop and maybe some tinfoil still come across this in older peoples property have found nails in 3 phase boards
If someone wants to circumvent a mcb they just put wire from top to bottom of tripping mcb only seen this once but still there you have it...
Hate CEF they take a half an hour clicking at their keyboard before they give you a price and then I laugh and go and get it elsewhere half the price
The most annoying thing is you spent that much time waiting for a price for an item you are too angry to ask for anything else as it would take...
As you said you need confirmation that your thoughts are on par with the trusted members on here you know who to heed and who to just ignore as some like a windup
If you are trying to get it working again or just to commission it then ok it has an internal fuse to protect it also
But if it’s blowing fuses best to get fault sorted before putting bigger fuses in
They don’t want unemployed or young people with no money in bank
Then you aren’t worth scamming and won’t fit there demographic most handymen and freelance electrician have at least six months backup money in account for a rainy day
Try and buy anything to do with gas and you get escorted out of the big orange stores I tried to buy a cooker hose and refused because I wasn’t gas safe how sad is that but I could buy a new consumer unit with not an eyebrow lifted
It is what it is clean with surgical spirit and try and get a Gewiz box with clear front and cut out back and fit over box to protect to be fancier you could use a stainless steel medicine wall cabinet with back cut out to fit over it the options are endless
That’s if customer gives a ----
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