Designation of Consumer Unit

[Graeme Moo]

Can anyone tell me what i should put in the Designation of Consumer Unit(s) box on a schedule of test results forms pls.
Sorry if I'm missing a simple, obvious answer.

Thanks

 

[danzor]

Location of the fuse board

 

[telectrix]

or could be for multiple boards DB1, DB2 etc.with location.

 

[Graeme Moo]

There is a seperate box for the location of consumer unit(s).

A box for PFC at Consumer unit(s)

And Designation of Consumer Unit(s). Do i fill in the location and designation boxes the same?
Thanks for your help

 

[Tonkatoy27]

For multiple boards in property, DB1, DB2 etc. If tere is only one then either put in the location or if there is a different box for that leave it blank.

 

[Graeme Moo]

Should i put something like "All Circuits" in it?

 

[Graeme Moo]

I'll leave it blank. Thank you all for your help.

 

[Guitarist]

Designation is the name, as already said, ie DB1, DB2 etc

 

[timo1]

Is designation of board not ADS or similar. I hope so cause thats what I always put!!

 

[DPhilpott]

I put e.g 5x5 dual rcd

 

[Guitarist]

Is designation of board not ADS or similar. I hope so cause thats what I always put!!

ADS (automatic disconnection of supply) comes under "Protective measures for fault protection"

As I said earlier, a designation is the number assigned to a CU or DB if there is more than one.

 

[HandySparks]

If there's only one CU and it's not already labelled, print a label marked "DB1" and stick it on (or write directly, not so tidy). Then write "DB1" in the designation box.

The reason it's there is so that there's no doubt about which box you're referring to. If multiple boxes on the premises, carry on labelling "DB2", "DB3", etc, or whatever your preferred labelling scheme is.

On larger systems, I have used, for example, "DB1.3" for a DB supplied from CB3 on DB1, but maybe that's over-complicating things! (Does make it easy to see where something is supplied from though.)

 

[Guitarist]

If there's only one CU and it's not already labelled, print a label marked "DB1" and stick it on (or write directly, not so tidy). Then write "DB1" in the designation box.

Or give it a cool name like "Nemesis"...

 

[Strima]

Or give it a cool name like "Nemesis"...

Archibald suits older CU's...

 

[spark 68]

What about N/A ?, if there is only the one.

I never leave any blank/empty boxes on the sheets.

 

[Octopus]

And if you have a site with multiple DB's its a good idea on the sub boards to make it clear where its "fed" from too (i.e. Henley block or MCB at DB1, etc etc),

 

[Brightspark2]

As said designation is DB1, DB2 etc etc

 

[D80]

Had to chuckle at the thought of one day going to a board labelled along the lines of:
"DB Nemesis fed from Archibald":sifone:

 

[Dunc]

Or give it a cool name like "Nemesis"...

I like to give them girls names. I named the last one I changed after my ex because it was a right b**** to replace!

 

[Strima]

I like to give them girls names.

Don't do that, they'll be no end of problems...

 

[ipf]

Why not 'CU' or 'DB', if it's the only distribution point ?