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    UK Got a call today for a fuseboard that was arcing

    Came in to the property to hear a loud buzzing, dawned my face sheild and gloves and went straight for the main fuse (pulled), After taking to the customer he said , the dno was out 30 mins ago stuck a label on the board saying do not use , forgot to actually isolate the board, went away then...
  2. Gavin John Hyde

    Dangerous fuseboard!

    Customer i do work for on a regular basis just sent me a picture of the fuse board in his sisters house, says he thinks its danerous and needs looking at. She is a 1st time buyer and didnt think to get an eicr. Fuse board is in a cupboard where she is storing the families shoes and coats, nice...
  3. B

    Fuseboard change advice

    Don’t do many fuse board changes, but what’s everyone’s preferred method, as I see people without labelling the old cables swap boards connect up neutrals and earths then leave line conductors last but how do they make sure each correspond to each other so you can identify the circuit like the...
  4. KEV 1 N

    Vintage Fuseboard Schedule

    Found this today (circa 1958)....must have been tedious “clacking” these out on a type writer back in the day!
  5. KevinH

    Fuseboard relocation....re-test required?

    Hi all, I'm pricing a job which involves re locating a fuseboard from a utility room, to garage wall backing on to utility. The installation is brand new build (fully installed and tested by others) with ammendment 3 compliant board. Board is mounted at 1.2m at moment in utility and can go at a...
  6. E

    Metal Fuseboard Domestic Dwelling

    When Installing A New Circuit To A Fairly Recently Installed DB (Plastic). Do You Have To Change The Consumer Unit To A New Metal Board - On Installation Certificate It Asks To Tick About Combustible Materials But Currently Having A Debate With Colleague. What Do You Guys Think?
  7. B

    Red Spot/GEC Fuseboard, asbestos door seal/gaskets?

    Hi, I'm Ben and I work in various quarries around the Peak District where most of the gear is 70/80s. Asbestos reports on quarries are terrible and when you query things you just get told to not touch the gear. I have been doing testing and inspection of various small power items in the...
  8. M

    Fuseboard upgrade. Surveying / condition reports and testing.

    Hi guys. I wanted some advice. I've been trading for almost 12 months and I'm still relatively new (and slow) at testing. And testing is the bit of the job I dread and lose time on. I'm NIC EIC registered as a domestic installer. So I can't officially do condition reports yet. I've noticed...
  9. R

    Wylex fuseboard history....

    Evening all Could anyone tell me a rough timeline on old Wylex fuseboards.... The brown ones, the wooden base ones, the ones with the insulated backs... the cream coloured ones... any info would be appreciated Thanks
  10. T

    Fuseboard in shower room

    Doing an EICR in a property and on arrival found that the fuseboard and supply,cutout and main fuse are all in a converted shower room which used to be a large cupboard. The board is enclosed in a small wooden boxed in effort.It is 1.4m from the edge of the shower tray so technicallty outside...
  11. L

    Moulded casing 3 phase fuseboard

    When would you require a moulded casing fuseboard? Theres one submain B50 single phase board. One c16 and one c6 and 7 c32 triple pole mcb's it's a 8 way 3-phase board and looking at putting a 16 way in.
  12. J

    EICR code for non metal fuseboard

    Hi all Does anyone know what code on an EICR we are to use for a non metal fuseboard in a dometic premises? Thanks
  13. S

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

    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...
  14. S

    building regs on fuseboard height

    Hi all, I haven't done a new build for a while but I was speaking to another electrician the other day who told me that fuseboards fall into the 450mm - 1200mm height band for disables access. Is this correct?
  15. R

    Wylex Fuseboard SPD.

    I am about to install a new high integrity wylex fuseboard within a church which will require a combined type 1 & 2 SPD as the church has a lightning conductor system in place. Can anybody confirm the connections to this as it is placed within the fuseboard upstream of the main switch.
  16. D

    Fuseboard in external meter cupboard

    I was doing a job for a landlord at his tenants house and was aked to have a look at the fuseboard whilst im there to as he wants it changing. Asked the tenant where the board was and he said it was in the external meter cupboard. I thought he was a bit mistaken by what i meant but it actually...
  17. R

    Do I require a fuseboard ?

    Hello there, can anyone tell me to which regulation I should have a fuseboard ? I have looked at Reg 533.1 but it does not say I cannot have one to a different regulation number. The scenario is thus: A council run block of flats. It is an outside scenario in a mains cupboard. It is supplying...
  18. C

    fuseboard on fire

    I've got a fuse board that had a fuse start smoking and melting. It was an old rewireable one. The person said it always goes and they rewire it but this time it didn't go just started to melt. It's a lighting circuit. I took the melted fuse and cable out then remade off the end and put it away...
  19. B

    Fuseboard in bathoom

    Working on a house where the distribution cut out and meter will now be positioned in a bathroom after rooms have been altered around,am I allowed to install a consumer unit next to dno meter,if a lockable cupboard is built around these items in this now will be new bathroom,Many Thanks
  20. P

    Two fuseboard fitted with new installations - i need two certyficates ?

    hi just quick question, i have new installations, and i expect electricial for testing and give certyficate, but i have two fuseboard, i have one supplier head split for both so i need two separate certyficate or its possible put on test results from both for one certyficate ? thanks

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