consumer unit breaker order?

[FLASHBANGBOOM]

hi just wondering if anyone could answer a quick question for me.is the order the breakers in the consumer unit are fitted matter as just had full rewire { pro company employed } and when they came to fit my cooker the other day {diferant electrician } found new c/u circits wrongly marked as when he turned off the one marked cooker cooker remained live and several sockets where isolated,he was also puzzeled as to the rather randem order breakers where arranged ,said i should give him a call to have him rectify his error .. even though he did fill the paper work as all ok

 

[telectrix]

the order as such does not really matter, but most of us tend to fit the higher rated breakers nearest to the RCD so that the heavy loads dont have to travel the length of the busbar, but incorrect circuit ID is a different matter.

 

[trev]

I was trained to put the highest rated breaker nearest the switch but it matters not since the bus bar is rated at xx amps all the way along it.
There's no excuse for a wrongly labelled CU imho.

 

[i=p/u]

whats the foam for that comes with cu. ps 40A 32A 20A

 

[GLENNSPARK]

the order as such does not really matter, but most of us tend to fit the higher rated breakers nearest to the RCD so that the heavy loads dont have to travel the length of the busbar, but incorrect circuit ID is a different matter.

Yep tel ...was gonna mention this myself...lol....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I was trained to put the highest rated breaker nearest the switch but it matters not since the bus bar is rated at xx amps all the way along it.
There's no excuse for a wrongly labelled CU imho.

Yes and i never take anyone elses word for it n all.....if i isolate a circuit that says what it is....upstairs ring for instance...them steinels go up them stairs with me....had a few wrongly id`d circuits in the past and they can bite you.....

 

[FLASHBANGBOOM]

cheers that was the order he said he was taught and always used will be giveing him a call about labeling tommorw

 

[FLASHBANGBOOM]

so should he have passed it all ok

 

[trev]

It could have been a genuine mistake but all the same he should have found it out and re labelled

 

[telectrix]

incorrect marking of breakers is a simple mistake, but he should have checked it before completing the cert. another 10 minutes wouldn't mean missing last orders.LOL.

 

[i=p/u]

foam???

 

[telectrix]

useful for drilled drains, i hear.

 

[FAA Greenie]

2 strips the same width as the CU? If so they run along the upper cable entry slots, either side of the incoming cables, to maintain the IP rating of the CU on completion of fitment.

 

[DaveyD]

If you have a duel RCD board the Circuit Breakers will be a bit random looking as the spark has to divide the installation to minimise inconvience if a fault occurs.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Hager boards that innit?