Board Change

[Engineer54]

You just have to wonder sometimes, who these people are that are working in peoples homes!! Some just don't seem to have a Scooby Doo!!

 

[stevethesparks]

I would recommend reading this thoroughly:

http://www.select.org.uk/downloads/ESC Best Practice Guide No. 6 - Issue 2.pdf

Good post

 

[BES]

[QUOTE
I am now officially bored with this thread.[/QUOTE
You started it. Get some more experiance before you start working in peoples homes. And listen to the guys on here they know their stuff.

 

[trev]

Re that 520 amps malarkey and using that logic. We have an RFC with a potential draw on it of 156A in the kitchen which is on a 32A RCBO. Should I worry?

 

[trev]

Of course, the answer is Hell no!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Hi Guys,


Just been to quote for a consumer unit change.


Bonding is good, Zs is good, Seven circuits:


Shower, no problems foreseen.


Cooker, no problems foreseen.


All Sockets main house on one Ring, I am not comfortable with one 32A RCBO protecting sockets in kitchen, upstairs and downstairs (20 in total). I have advised that at least the kitchen needs to be on its own circuit.


Garage conversion separate Ring, no problems foreseen.


All lights main house on one radial (7 in total), obviously not upto current regs but not an issue in terms of load.


Garage conversion lights, no problems foreseen.


Alarm same circuit, no problems foreseen.


Unfortunately couple don’t want to pay for the extra work or disturb the decorative state. Replacing the current re-wirable bakerlite board with a fully populated RCBO board would obviously make the whole installation much safer.


Would I be wrong to connect the main house ring to the new board as it stands?


Comments/advice would be much appreciated.


Cheers

Gosh, you've taken a bit of a bashing on this thread haven't you MB! :6:

Anyway, some of the guys who have responded really do have a huge amount of experience so try and stay cool and listen to them.

The thread by Murdoch giving you a link to the 'best practice guide number 2 - Consumer unit replacement n domestic and similar premises' is definitely worth reading as it will answer most of the questions which have been raised in this thread. Best Practice Guides - Electrical Safety First

As others have said, it is common to have one ring (I do) and one circuit for the lights (again I do). I wouldn't install a new build like this but its not going to be dangerous and you certainly shouldn't be telling a customer that it needs to be brought up to current wiring regulations before a board change as that is not true.

Good luck... and read the best practice guide(s)!! :smiley2:

 

[GMES]

Re that 520 amps malarkey and using that logic. We have an RFC with a potential draw on it of 156A in the kitchen which is on a 32A RCBO. Should I worry?

Yes you should now run for your lives Trev grab your family and your belongings because your house and entire street is about to spontaneously combust any moment now!!

 

[trev]

Yes you should now run for your lives Trev grab your family and your belongings because your house and entire street is about to spontaneously combust any moment now!!

So I can't even seek refuge in the pub on the corner?
Bugger

 

[tooleystreet]

Reading this thread takes me back to some nuisance tripping in social housing where all the tenants are using that much amperage that the distribution board *usually in the caretakers cupboard* tripped out or even the whole street..they'd obviously installed enough for the tenants to enjoy a modern standard of consumerism but hadn't upgraded the communal ones....

 

[trev]

So a tenant using a lot of current tripped a board intended to cover communal areas which use three tenths of bugger all?
Aye, Ok.
Didn't they have individual CUs in their homes?

 

[dazza1981]

Tripped the whole street ???????

It really didnt did it ????

 

[Guest77]

LSD some will get this some won't lol

 

[Octopus]

LSD some will get this some won't lol

Long Summer Days...

 

[dazza1981]

LSD some will get this some won't lol

ACIIIIID :vanish:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Long Summer Days...

Is it bowlox!! ........ It's Limited Slip Differential innit - like my MR2's got.