Consumer unit upgrade

[Steve D]

Hi All,

I'm just upgrading my own consumer unit at home - to be honest it's the first bit of work I've done in a while since passing my 2391.
I'm going to be using the job as one of my elecsa membership jobs.

I'm wanting to install an isolating switch in between my meter and cu for future ease, but what sort of switch is normally used for this? The switches I generally come across are the rotary type (although my experience tends to be commercial-biased) but is this the right type?

Can anyone point me in the right direction (maybe with a link to a pic) to the sort of isolator generally used.

Thanks
Steve

 

[johnboy6083]

lol pennywise. Are you male or female? had a good chuckle to myself at that one. i wonder if you could get away with wearing them on site? you wouldget a few good stares (or phone numbers!)

 

[pennywise]

I bought a pair of these for the girlfriend it didn't go down well

I usually wear this kind of stuff for doing consumer unit changes

http://www.texsoinstruments.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/a/r/arc-flash-suit-cal25_1.jpg

 

[johnboy6083]

are they safety glasses under the safety helmet, incorporating the safety visor which comes as part of a safety suit on top of safety boots, all to be worn in a dangerous environment when wanting to renmain safe?

 

[pennywise]

You should have seen the prices of the safety contact lenses

 

[mogga]

lol penny

 

[JamesBrownLive]

I think the majority of sparks will pull the fuse.

Are they the same majority that will happily have a go at so called cowboys for unsafe practices, and also bang on about people undertaking work that they shouldn't