AMD 3 compliant.....?

[polo1]

Came across this board today. "Home made" by the electrician who lived in the property in the mid '50s, fused neutrals, no main switch and all. The board was in as new condition and I don't think it has been worked on since it was installed. My photo probably does not do it justice

The current owner, a great lad in his late 80s, wanted me to connect up an immerser to his hwc, using the lead sheathed radial ( not sure why, but this appeared to be the only circuit not rewired in imperial T&E).

He totally understood why the board should be changed, but took the view "it's worked fine so far, and it can see me out"

 

[Des 56]

Its nice to see the whole of the fuse holders intact,most like that I knew had some holders in 2 parts held together by the fuse wire

 

[Dcf]

i went to an old wylex yesterday that the shower had melted the fuse and carrier in.
it would be fair to say it had a good old roast.
the wooden bit of the board?....... not a even a mark!
its becoming rare to find such beasts these days.i used to come across these quite often in my younger days as des says in various states of decrepitness.

 

[Engineer54]

That's NOT a homemade fuse box!! What you have there, is a typical fuse board from the early 40's and beyond (long before the 50's) and the type of board that the first all in one 3036 Wylex CU boards replaced after the 2nd world war....

 

[Jonspark]

That's as much home made as a plastic ip65 box fitted with din rail is

 

[shanky887614]

Originally Posted by polo1
Came across this board today. "Home made" by the electrician who lived in the property in the mid '50s, fused neutrals, no main switch and all. The board was in as new condition and I don't think it has been worked on since it was installed. My photo probably does not do it justice

The current owner, a great lad in his late 80s, wanted me to connect up an immerser to his hwc, using the lead sheathed radial ( not sure why, but this appeared to be the only circuit not rewired in imperial T&E).

He totally understood why the board should be changed, but took the view "it's worked fine so far, and it can see me out"



When you say 'fused neutrals' do you mean fuses in neutrals only? I would have thought, looking at it that it was fused in line and neutral.


Fused line & neutral indeed.

GB Kayak...you would love this house! Large sandstone property, Bakelite accessories all over the place. The wood panelling is amazing. Just a pity that it's all becoming too much for this couple to look after.

he will mean fused line and neutrel, they were fused at intake for a long time if i remember right, lucien will be able to date it for you when they were fused

 

[polo1]

Hate to disagree. I had a good look at it. It may have parts from a manufactured enclosure, but this one has been "made to order". The casing has been hand screwed together and from the internals (not clear from the pic) it is an assortment of parts, certainly not factory produced.

 

[Pete999]

Hate to disagree. I had a good look at it. It may have parts from a manufactured enclosure, but this one has been "made to order". The casing has been hand screwed together and from the internals (not clear from the pic) it is an assortment of parts, certainly not factory produced.

Think you might be wrong there Polo, the firm I started with used to keep boards like that in the basement of the stores, dovetail joints and all, certainly not home made, hand made maybe, but deffo not home made. Showing my age again lol.

 

[Silly Sausage]

That's as much home made as a plastic ip65 box fitted with din rail is

Which has just made me think...
Some people use a plastic box with din rail connections to extend cables on a CU change.
Now, this box, isn't a CU, so according to Amendment 3, to could be made out of anything.
The main reason for A 3 is poor connections starting fires.
Yet the above said box contains nearly twice as many connections than in the CU!!!

Hahaha...it's all bollox! :smilielol5:

 

[GB.Kayak]

I worked in an old hall where the telegraph was still in operational order it was an amazing feat. The steel cable ran under the floorboards through guides - when they changed direction they went through brass pulley wheels. They were kept taught by periodic lead weights similar to fishing ledger weights.

It was a pleasure to work in that place, loads of interesting features including a quoits pond that was discovered, it would be filled with water and allowed to freeze over so it could be used.

I took a box out about a year ago with the type of fuses fuses in that picture. I asked the customer ; a mate, not to get rid of them, so if he still has them and they are any good to you let me know.

I admire you for trying to get your property back to original specification.

I am not quite sure about 'original spec' not least because what constitutes 'original spec'! The building was built in 3 'phases', original property between May and Nov 1876, extended before ~ 1879 and again, plans drawn up in 1912. Electrical installation ... who knows when, but I am sure that I will be talking to Lucien in due course. These 3 phases make things like paint schemes something of a nightmare! More so when the country's 'expert' won't consider your request for assistance! Windows will be very dark green and we are using a sandy stone colour for the cast iron gutters.

 

[Engineer54]

Hate to disagree. I had a good look at it. It may have parts from a manufactured enclosure, but this one has been "made to order". The casing has been hand screwed together and from the internals (not clear from the pic) it is an assortment of parts, certainly not factory produced.

Probably been mucked about with, extended and repaired over the 60/70 years it's been there!! lol!!