Low cost consumer units

[adam.h]

I recently bought a wylex 17 way flexible split load c/w main S/W & RCD for less then 50 squid for me house

 

[steamboatwilly]

Not sure why this debate is happening.....we're talking about a difference of 20-30 quid and, frankly, a decent CU should last years and be suitably robust for any future upgrade work. I don't thank previous sparkies when I get to crappy CUs to add a new circuit.

Do it once and do it right. Hager or MK.

 

[daniel hill]

isnt mk made by honneywell now

 

[steamboatwilly]

isnt mk made by honneywell now

That can only be good!

 

[prgil74]

RECO seem pretty good installed a few now 17th/ 5+5+2 all the breakers £80

 

[TPES]

My local wholsaler does the new VOLEX Dual RCD boards, 5x5 (10way) for £62 all in with your own selection of breakers included.

They only do the 5x5 for this special price, any other size board is quite abit more expensive, even if its a smaller board.. They just do a special offer on the Volex 5x5 board only. Good solid board i think, I wouldnt class VOLEX as budget.

 

[Spudnik]

....I wouldnt class VOLEX as budget.

No, but they do also come with a free fire extinguisher.








Joking aside though, with CU's you do get what you pay for.

 

[steamboatwilly]

No, but they do also come with a free fire extinguisher.

Brilliant.

 

[eskimo39]

I wouldn't really touch cheaper ones. I nearly always use Merlin Gerin or Hager. If you shop around you can get Hager for £100 complete.

I know it is difficult when trying to price for jobs in the current climate but by paying £50-£60 more for a CU will save you time in the long run and also make the job look better.

I had a problem recently with a Wholesalers own brand CU. Cost me £45 complete and looked really neat, I thought I had struck gold. However after 3 call outs from the customer, I have had to replace the RCD twice and 1 MCB. Has cost me 6 times my original saving in call outs.

Also used a Proteus 3P board on a different job and there wasn't enough room to get all the cables neatly in it, made the job look very sloppy.