House rewire. Unsure on terminating at Consumer Unit

[Mattg89]

Hello all,

I am buying an old house in Kent (medway) and am looking to completely rewire the house. I am currently working as a trainee electrician and am on level 3 C&G. I am going to rewire the house myself as i know I can do this, but am unsure what to do when it comes to terminating it at the C.U. as i have never done this before. Would a fully qualified electrician be willing to terminate the circuits at the C.U then test it?
Any help would be great thanks.
Matt

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

That's a horrendous bodge, I always use a bit of 2.5 flex to my temp RCD socket.

And the board you did is a nice job mate, far better than most I see. My only advice would don't write on the MCBs as it doesn't look very pro.

I tend to use the lid off the cardboard box and label up what circuits where. Gives me an idea of how to split the circuits say upstairs sockets on the left, downstairs in the right and keep track of the size I'll need to keep them in size order. My boss told me to write on the CBs to keep track before labelling.

Thanks for the lovely compliment. Least someone took the hint

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Just remember make sure it's tightView attachment 36280

Of course I tighten all my terminals to the manufacturers specs... which is uhm... uh
Tight until they squeel?
Final touch is going through each screw left to right earth, nuetral, CB out, then finally bus bar(and making sure it's seating correctly)

 

[Dave OCD]

No worries, I jot my circuits and order down in my notebook generally.

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

No worries, I jot my circuits and order down in my notebook generally.

I do carry some A4 notepads however in my car so they usually stay there lol,
All gets jotted down in order whilst testing in my bosses notepad.

I love putting in fuseboards. Nice cosy little cupboards with all my tools next to me cuppa (making sure the kettles been boiled before I disconnect of course! Not an amateur)

 

[Specialist]

That's not a bad looking job at all mate.

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

That's not a bad looking job at all mate.

There's a whole lot of not bads being thrown about.
I believe the words you're looking for is "I'm in amazement of how you pulled off this piece of art"
I joke of course. Thank you very muchly

 

[Specialist]

Your welcome, Think we only give out the work of art accolade when we're looking q at Ladder & Tray work

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Your welcome, Think we only give out the work of art accolade when we're looking q at Ladder & Tray work

Do ladder work all the time. Up em, down em move them a bit. Back on the ladder rack after too!
Only done ladder and tray work in college.
It did get stolen.. er ... recycled when I advanced onto the apprenticeship course

Wouldn't know where to begin with tray work lol

 

[Specialist]

Don't know if they're still about but there used to be some excellent pictures of Traywork installs some of the guys had done, somewhere on the forum. Well worth a look if you can find them.

 

[Dave OCD]

I do carry some A4 notepads however in my car so they usually stay there lol,
All gets jotted down in order whilst testing in my bosses notepad.

I love putting in fuseboards. Nice cosy little cupboards with all my tools next to me cuppa (making sure the kettles been boiled before I disconnect of course! Not an amateur)

What about your temporary lead for the kettle ?? Anyway connecting up a CU is at least a two cuppa job, possibly three. You still have a bit to learn !

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

What about your temporary lead for the kettle ?? Anyway connecting up a CU is at least a two cuppa job, possibly three. You still have a bit to learn !

That's all it's for... first job after setting the radio up
Teach me the ways of the CU change sensai!
Got to have a cold drink between. Water if I'm feeling particularly health to cancel out the kebab after work. Keep hydrated. Thirsty work bending all those cables

 

[Chivers]

Not sure about the Bus Bar, not the finished article?

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Not sure about the Bus Bar, not the finished article?

Pretty sure I took the photo before I realised the bus bar wasn't actually in. It's my most recent picture of a board I've done.
Quite a while back though

Oops

(I did say it wasn't perfect! )

 

[Resu]

Pretty sure I took the photo before I realised the bus bar wasn't actually in. It's my most recent picture of a board I've done.
Quite a while back though

Oops

(I did say it wasn't perfect! )

Interesting route for the tails

 

[Chivers]

I'd put a bit of heat shrink on some of those pre-made cables too with the copper showing and cut the ferrule lengths down.