meteor electrical

[DurhamSparky]

Any body used them??? just ordered a CU with RCBOs for one of my nice jobs ive been talking about!

i like to try things at least once and just wondering if any body else has used them???

RCBO 9.50ea MADNES!!! hope they dont catch fire

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Not used them yet, but would be grateful if you could report back on the quality of it all when you get and use it.
Cheers.

 

[DurhamSparky]

i will do...! i got a few things to be honest and want to gauge quality vs price my self!!

 

[pennywise]

I try and use everything once,though still don't fancy taking the plunge on the cheaper boards as i'm quite heavy handed , its worth just settling on one manufacturer and negotiating with the wholesaler to get the best discount, the more you use the cheaper they become

let us know what you think.

 

[DurhamSparky]

i don't use that many!! so im fooked i like to shop around for best deals!! also just orded some wago stuff online as well!!! think they might change my life

 

[pennywise]

Can't go wrong with Wagos got boxes of them in the back of the van only ever had one lever fail on me and have used hundreds if not thousands so far, wholesalers are getting me the two way ones for around £8 per hundred.

 

[DurhamSparky]

nice...! i just got mine from the online site..! im still new to wholesaler so cant go making demands just yet! they do have a case of them in stock but TBH they were same price as net...

 

[rocker]

I would recommend (if the price is the same) using the wholesaler over the net. Net is great for cheap stuff but they can't 'know your face' on the other end of a DSL cable. I go in my wholesalers whenever I can, but I do shop on the net a lot as well. I reckon I've had £20 worth of free stuff this year so far from my wholesalers - I'm not talking about discount, I mean when I go in all the time wanting 4 meters of this, or just 2 packs of that and they go 'Tsk wasting my time with 4 meters blah blah there, that's on the house'. A case of beer at Christmas tends to ease these giveaway gears along as well....

Anyway, point is get to know your wholesaler, and he will sort you out.

 

[DurhamSparky]

oh dont get me wrong i use two wholesalers!

Bemco in durham (main)
electric base in Stockton

(depends were i work)

bemco i do well with getting to know them ok got some free mugs and stuff other day (only had account 4 weeks)

electric base is another story! MD is good friends with owner of electrical firm i ****ed off and left in ****...
cant imagine getting much discount from them!

 

[pennywise]

Had a good one with Wilts a few months back went in for 5 m of 25mm 4 core swa. Guy on the counter looks at the computer and says yep got an off cut on the shelf 5m exactly, great. He brings it to the desk it looked quite a big off cut then the guy says sorry got it wrong it's 6m, so he said he would only charge me for 5 thought this is my lucky day. Got it back to the job unravelled it, it was only a 20m off cut

 

[ezzzekiel]

Nearly got round to trying wagos earlier in the week, but local CEF has stopped stocking them as no one was buying

 

[DurhamSparky]

im going to make it my mission to stop buying connector block...!! wago all the way! lol

20m off cut of swa aint bad for getting charged for 5!!! lol... nice one!

 

[rocker]

Nearly got round to trying wagos earlier in the week, but local CEF has stopped stocking them as no one was buying

City are rubbish anyway. 'Spensive

Pennywise how many are you buying to get them @ £8 per 100? That's asda price, that is.

 

[sparks1234]

City are rubbish anyway. 'Spensive

Pennywise how many are you buying to get them @ £8 per 100? That's asda price, that is.

Think that depends on the local branch manager, I get some fantastic deals, not that I use them all the time. Mine even stocks MK

 

[Mark_Burgess]

any chance that DurhamSparky is on
He was going to report back on whet the Meteor Consumer units and RCBO's are like.