Dorman Smith DB

Floater · Mar 24, 2014

Evening all, can anyone tell me if Dorman Smith is still in existence, doing some upgrades at a set of industrial units supplied by a Dorman Smith Loadlimiter 200A 6 way T P and N board, havin trouble sourcing parts, or what make of mcb would fit as a replacement.

Piratepete · Mar 24, 2014

www.[B]dormansmiths[/B]witchgear.com

Have you tried Newey aand Eyre?

Pete

NickD · Mar 24, 2014

Floater said:
Evening all, can anyone tell me if Dorman Smith is still in existence, doing some upgrades at a set of industrial units supplied by a Dorman Smith Loadlimiter 200A 6 way T P and N board, havin trouble sourcing parts, or what make of mcb would fit as a replacement.

For what it's worth...

dorman smith | eBay

That's filtered to list only parts listed as brand new.

guest119 · Mar 24, 2014

That horrid Chint stuff looks like DS copy.
Fitted one last week, 6 way tp,n. Ringer for DS.

Boydy.

Richard Burns · Mar 25, 2014

This poster is selling some Dorman Smith items on ebay.

mrloy99 · Mar 25, 2014

Theres awee shop in glasgow sells new/second hand circuit breakers.He's got quite a big stock of odd and hard to get ones.Very reasonable and can post out.He's not online you have to call or phone him.He doesn't mind posting out.I have his number somewhere if you want it.

GMES · Mar 25, 2014

Edmundsons can get them i needed one a couple of months ago.

High Tower · Mar 25, 2014

What do you need, I have an entire DS salvage board

MDJ · Mar 25, 2014

mrloy99 said:
Theres awee shop in glasgow sells new/second hand circuit breakers.He's got quite a big stock of odd and hard to get ones.Very reasonable and can post out.He's not online you have to call or phone him.He doesn't mind posting out.I have his number somewhere if you want it.

I have bought from him before, from memory he wanted 130 quid for a MCB lol, so that would be my last choice, however he does know where to get them, fair play to him.

Engineer54 · Mar 25, 2014

MDJ said:
I have bought from him before, from memory he wanted 130 quid for a MCB lol, so that would be my last choice, however he does know where to get them, fair play to him.

May have been cheaper to replace the whole CU!! lol!!

Have no time for the older black bakelite MCB's, those things were crap even when they first appeared on the UK market!!

MDJ · Mar 25, 2014

Engineer54 said:
May have been cheaper to replace the whole CU!! lol!!

Have no time for the older black bakelite MCB's, those things were crap even when they first appeared on the UK market!!

Very True however it was a floor standing unit in a school, the type which has 3 or 4 dbs inside the enclosure, the large industrial type, the MCB was only a simple c rated breaker mind, but it would have cost thousands to rip all that out and then re-test the whole school, the Council would have never considered it.

Engineer54 · Mar 25, 2014

MDJ said:
Very True however it was a floor standing unit in a school, the type which has 3 or 4 dbs inside the enclosure, the large industrial type, the MCB was only a simple c rated breaker mind, but it would have cost thousands to rip all that out and then re-test the whole school, the Council would have never considered it.

That's understandable then. Were the final circuit breakers that black bakelite stuff? If so you mean type 3 MCB. Don't think they did type 1 and 2 breakers at that time...

MDJ · Mar 28, 2014

Engineer54 said:
That's understandable then. Were the final circuit breakers that black bakelite stuff? If so you mean type 3 MCB. Don't think they did type 1 and 2 breakers at that time...

Yes it was, and thinking about it your right about the types. I know when I tried to find one it was near impossible and the guy in scotland could get them. The customer was prepared to cough up so I purchased it, Normally I would have pushed for a board change but I would have never even got close on that occassion. I have sinced stripped out a school DB system and got one or two of the old simplex breakers somewhere which are also ultra rare.

mrloy99 · Mar 29, 2014

MDJ said:
I have bought from him before, from memory he wanted 130 quid for a MCB lol, so that would be my last choice, however he does know where to get them, fair play to him.

dont think this is the same guy,he only charged me 40 quid for a triple pole 100 amp contactor and enclosure,mind you he said it was sitting on his shelf for ages and was looking rid of it.