Domestic Consumer Unit Exchange

[Perry Macro]

Hello, I am currently working on my own house. Im not a stranger to electrics and can do the basics. I am a little bit weird in the way I want to re-wire my house. I basically want separate ring main and lighting ring for most of the rooms in the house.

So I'm going to need a large consumer unit. So I've been looking at a 21 unit which will do nicely and be able to have some over for the odd bits or add ons i may need. what unit will i need to get is there a cheap website i can go on and buy my own MCB because I'm going to need more 32amp than they supply and same with lighting. which is the easiest way to do this? is there anything specially i need to buy i know with the new regs its a metal CU but other than that I'm blind.

 

[HandySparks]

Sorry chaps, I'm running out of popcorn.

 

[The Ghost]

Nothing! Nothing at all. It's just so...errrm ah forget it. It is fine. @KEV 1 N

 

[KEV 1 N]

Yes.......it is fine

 

[ferg]

It'll be fine until it isn't.

Unfortunately not fine can be fire and or electric shock.

The little ones are the most likely to suffer.

Balance that against saving a few quid.

Good luck.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Hello, I am currently working on my own house. Im not a stranger to electrics and can do the basics. I am a little bit weird in the way I want to re-wire my house. I basically want separate ring main and lighting ring for most of the rooms in the house.

So I'm going to need a large consumer unit. So I've been looking at a 21 unit which will do nicely and be able to have some over for the odd bits or add ons i may need. what unit will i need to get is there a cheap website i can go on and buy my own MCB because I'm going to need more 32amp than they supply and same with lighting. which is the easiest way to do this? is there anything specially i need to buy i know with the new regs its a metal CU but other than that I'm blind.

I see NASA sending a monkey to mars to build a hut .its not you is it!

 

[KEV 1 N]

Because i want to be able to turn of each individual room if needed. when i was little and had been naughty my mother used to turn off the electric so i could use my TV. but she had to turn the whole of upstairs off. so i thought on my house for my children i would already have this in place and be able to just turn that room off LOL

Just do what my dad did....cut the plug of my TV!....in the end there was only about a foot of cable left on it!!

 

[The Ghost]

Eliza, Computer Therapist - https://www.cyberpsych.org/eliza/
So forty maybe fifty cables coming out of a consumer unit mhmm. Reckon that will be quite a little bunch to route around the old ranch. Hope the old Cg factor has been figured into the plans.

 

[rolyberkin]

I have seen another take on this type of question before, the naughty kids bit and TV rings a bell, I'm with Vortigen and we are going to need a bigger boat!

 

[ferg]

I think it's a bit unfair to post other peoples details without their permission.

 

[Darkwood]

@Perry Macro

While the forum does support help for DIY we stop short on giving advice on such projects that you wish to undertake, this will be notifiable and unless you provide confirmation that you are competent to do such work then the thread is closed, over the years I have come to the realisation that members who claim to know the basics who have had no formal qualification tend to be the ones that install dangerous installations due to ignorance of the regulations and the requirements of the likes of part-P, the best advice has been given already and is to either get an electrician in to do the work or alternatively have you work overseen by a competent electrician and checked during installation and tested after.

@Gavin John Hyde

I have removed your post as we like to keep a certain level of respect for members privacy, please do not post additional details/links (to that which they provide themselves) of any member without exclusive permission, thankyou.