CU Change is ... dead easy!!!

[Goody]

I have just come across this on the dIYnot.com forum...

what do you mean get a professional to do it, I replaced mine last week with a larger unit. Okay i'm not an electrician but would say I'm electrically minded, it was dead easy you just need a bit of common sence and a good memory or diagram to remember what circuit goes where. And don't forget to remove the main house fuse but if you are a little worried the local electrical authority may stamp on you for doing this go buy yourself a nice pair of marigolds (only joking)

... hmm!, why do we bother spending 100's of pounds and going thro' hell getting qualified and assessed to become electricians.

 

[IQ Electrical]

Pretty much sums up why I stopped reading anything on that forum, much better class of punter here!

 

[SimpleSimon]

Not just a better class of punter, but a better class of polite Sparky (not demonstrated here) and not Malcolm. He's quite pleasant.

 

[rocker]

I'd have thought after notifying building control (£100-200) and buying an approved MFT (£400-£800), and going on a dodgy course to prove youre competant enough to use it (1000 and a week off work) you'd be better off paying a professional.

Otherwise, you'd be breaking the law......

 

[Amp David]

The numpty is right in that swapping one over is easy, its the testing and making sure the works upto standard thats always proves to be the hard part.

 

[telectrix]

just hope he' put in a B&Q Special with 1 RCD for all, and that he gets some nice intermittent leakage, enough to defrost his freezer when it trips out and he's away for the weekend spending the cash he should have paid one of us

 

[Amp David]

and burn his house down to the ground

 

[nickblake]

Pretty much sums up why I stopped reading anything on that forum, much better class of punter here!

Youve not met me then lol ,yes it can be easy to change a dist board ,as he is not an electrician he could well be on a ticking time bomb
used to go on DIY but when i discovered the talent and knowlage of all the guys on here ,no comparason , and in any case im not a DIYer im a proffessional ..... any how im off to do some open heart surgery bound to be easy

 

[telectrix]

think its possible to restart a heart with 240

 

[nickblake]

think its possible to restart a heart with 240

yes it is i did a post a while ago when a farmer colapsed with a heart attack he fell on his electric fence and the shock restarted his heart , its wasnt 230 mind it was 110v DC but it worked so cant see why it wouldnt ... during the heart surgery im going to do ill give it a try ...stand clear .... reminds me of Bean the movie

 

[IQ Electrical]

Have you done the 3-day NICEIC domestic surgery course?

 

[telectrix]

but don't you have to pay extra for sutures, plasma, anesthetic, etc. with NICEIC?

 

[IQ Electrical]

Yes but NAPIT do an all-in deal plus free transfer!

 

[nickblake]

Dam now im in a predicament

 

[Sintra]

Don't worry about the courses just carry on with the surgery.