Was on site today when the kitchen fitting brigade rocked up..5mins later i gets the call..kitchen fitters/electrician wouldnt do any electrical work in the kitchen..the fuse box was illegal!The consumer unit had been changed just over a year ago,and the guy had fitted a 16th split load board...
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I have a picture of a old MEM fuse box,which i need to know the size of, it is a job I am pricing for and dont know what size consumer unit i can fit in the small space vailable. The job is a long way from me and i dont want to waste half a day just to measure a space
Doing some minor work on an old installation which will first require upgrading the main earth and bonding.
The existing earth terminal is a bolt through the bottom of the metal fusebox, hidden down the side. There is no possibility of loosening the nut without dismantling the board and...
Hi there. I am fitting a new bathroom for someone and I know i will need an Electrician for the Fuse box aspect of the job. The current box shown has only 3x 30amp fuses:eek:. Will I need to replace the whole fuse box under current regulations requiring RCD, or can the sparky just fit a 45 amp...
Iv recently upgraded a consumer unit in a small terraced house.When I carried out an inspection I found that the sockets I sampled were spurred, the tests i did I.R, ZS, polarity were fine.When i changed the board it appeared there were two ring circuits.I know the 3 step method of proving a...
hi guys. got a lot of halogens in the house and when they blow they seem to really blow and take out the fuse too...
this happens quite a bit but i have an old style fuse box with the plug in 2 prong cartridges that hold fuse wire. so i'm always having to get a torch and pull it out and change...
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I have come across a fuse box which needs changing and upgrading, this is above the cooker and I need to move it. Firstly, I needed to know how far away it needs to be from the cooker according to the 17th Edition. Secondly what do you think would be the best way or thing to do...
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