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  1. M

    UK Consumer unit

    Hello I need to move a consumer unit 8m away from the cutout. What cable is recommended ?
  2. M

    Consumer Unit MCBs

    Hi Everyone, I’m new to the forum and joined to gain more knowledge from you guys that are practicing electrical work. I studied 17th edition electrics at college a few years back and passed with great scores but never went on to use my electrical qualification in practice, I used my cabling...
  3. C

    Consumer unit need to be mounted in plywood or plasterboard?

    Hi everyone, When a new consumer unit does have to be mounted on plywood/plasterboard? Does it applies for every circumstances? Thanks
  4. T

    Grid voltage at the consumer unit of a house?

    Hello, We have installed equipment at a customer location, (or rather, an external electrical contractor installed it for us). The equipment is internet monitored by us…..and we are noticing that the Grid voltage is regularly falling to 225VAC. Our equipment disables at this low grid voltage...
  5. HappyHippyDad

    When does 3 phase supply become 230V in domestic consumer unit?

    I went along this morning to quote for an EVCP install. I thought it was a domestic house but it was a B@B. It has a 3 phase supply. I always pass on commercial or 3 phase as it is outside of my remit. However, I am toying with the idea of fitting this EVCP IF I can fit it from a single phase...
  6. E

    Consumer unit under stairs

    Hello, need some advice here if possible. Went to quote for lighting rewire at house client has recently moved into, He says next year or two that they having a loft conversion. Anyway he had some recent gas works done at the property and the gas/heating person said that as the gas meter is...
  7. V

    Tails inside consumer unit bare copper, not terminated correctly - C1 or C2 ?

    Ok, I'm in the middle of an EICR for a client. The tails are going into the consumer unit in separate holes (It's metal, so that's against the regs), and then inside the consumer unit they have been terminated in a really shoddy way with bare copper showing. Now copper showing on the tails is a...
  8. KeenPensioner

    Consumer Unit isolator with RCD

    I have an old CU with BS3036 rewireable fuses. I'm having the board upgraded soon but in the meantime I'd like to add RCD protection. Can anyone tell me where I can find a consumer unit isolation switch with RCD built in - to fit between the meter and the CU?
  9. N

    Consumer unit space

    Hi, We moved into a new build last year and want to add a couple of extra circuits but the consumer unit has no space and all the circuits are used. Is there any requirement for there to be space in the consumer unit and should i ask the housebuilder (Redrow) to resolve or pay myself for a new...
  10. N

    Outdoor consumer unit and weatherproofing

    I wish to fit an 8 module consumer unit outside of my house which will then feed: an outbuilding sockets, outbuilding lights, garden fence lights, garden sockets, house extension electrics, front gardens sockets and front garden lighting. I think my options are: fit a consumer unit to the...
  11. S

    Mounting a consumer unit on plywood

    Hi guys, just having a mental breakdown so thought I'd throw the question out on here for some advice. I'm working on a new build house and I've fitted a 20way RCBO board (it's a big house!). I've just had a thought though, with this being a new build, should I have fitted the board to some sort...
  12. P

    Additional consumer unit - tails in trunking - how?

    I need to install an additional consumer unit. Normally I would put the existing tails into Henley blocks and feed both CU from there, but in this case there is an isolation switch, and the output tails are in metal trunking from the isolator to the CU. The new CU is going next to the old one on...
  13. SteWal

    Garage Consumer Unit

    Evening all. A friend has had his whole house rewired with a 4 way CU installed in the garage on its own circuit. It has an 80A RCD acting as the main switch and 2 breakers 20A and 6A for a socket and light respectively. Here’s my question; would the addition of a single light and a single...
  14. K

    chasing wall for consumer unit cables or trunking ... Advice needed

    Hi everyone I am after a bit of advice. Just done rewiring for a property but the main incoming supply cable is just right next to the main entrance door so agreed with the customer to install a new consumer unit right above the meter as shows in the picture. The lighting circuit and upstairs...
  15. I

    New consumer unit install issue.

    I'm working with my friend a sparky. He changed the consumer unit. Before hand I checked all circuits for continuity and done quick eicr, everything was OK. Now with the new board on were getting a neutral fault showing on socket ring. Funny thing is the rcd manual test button isn't working...
  16. P

    changing consumer unit from plastic one to metal

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  17. V

    Can you extend meter tails inside a consumer unit ?

    ...and why would I want to do that ? Well, I'm faced with a real botch job of a consumer unit. Essentially this is a "new" consumer unit only put in a couple of years ago by a friend of the clients family who was apparently an electrician. However the unit they bought (a Niglon) had the main...
  18. G

    UK Garage consumer unit in an outbuilding swa 2 or 3 core

    Hi all I'm installing an Garage consumer unit in an outbuilding being converted to a studio for a photographer just 1 ring main and lighting circuit. supply cable 50M length SWA 10mm due to volt drop. No room where Consumer unit is to bring SWA in and terminate so was going to put IP65 box on...
  19. S

    meter cabinet consumer unit

    Does a consumer unit for garden circuuts in an external meter cabinet need to be ip rated
  20. G

    UK Split Load Consumer Unit

    Looking to change the small consumer unit in my garage with a Hager Split Load Consumer Unit Complete with: 2x 100A Type a RCDs x 100A DP main switch. Reason I will have an EV charger fitted later in the year. One side of the split for the garage and the other side for the EV charger at a later...

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