ELECSA Certification Scheme My first CU install, and following ELECSA assessment on it.

[arturas]

Thanks everybody,

Hi,

Very neat job that. But just wait till you get your teeth stuck into a really old board to change, when you have to start extending some circuits cos they've been cut to fit the old one!!! Thats when the real fun starts. Nice job though, the one I showed for my assessment was not as neat as that and I passed it ok.
Good luck with the assessment.

P.S I agree with top quark, dont like the lables on the cable. But each to there own.

Jay

As i'm self-employed but working in a company , so most of the times we do full rewires so that's a good thing just the other guy left, he was doing CU's, signing jobs and was teaching me so now i'm on my own


I all ways do the ''tug test'' on anything i'm connecting but still will do the last check !
And i'll remove the tape from old cables as it is not necessary.

I'll look for this one: ''You can get proper cable marking numbers (there was a thread around with some links somewhere on the forum)'' and improve on my next job

 

[Jay Sparks]

yeah but even if you have got to crimp em......stillshould be neat....i mean banked round and brought over right........good board work this.....

I totaly agree, but you can never get them as neat as the one he showed us. Its nice to have all the same colour cables in there, it makes it look pretty.

Jay

 

[Geordie Spark]

That's a very neat & tidy job .... well done !!

BUT ..... shouldn't there be a "spare way" in that board?

Not meant as a criticism, more a question for my own reference - no offence intended.

 

[Richard Burns]

Nice work for a first CU, I think the customer should be pleased at the very least, I think that that is a pass from an inspector.
I like the nicely swept cables.

 

[Knobhead]

BUT ..... shouldn't there be a "spare way" in that board?

It’s a good point, but looking at the picture there doesn’t seem room for a larger board, also is the customer prepared to pay for empty space. At some point in the future the customer may regret not stumping up for that bit extra, but who knows? In the perfect world a CU would be like an accordion it would expand as required, but sorry this isn’t a perfect world.

Arturas, I think you should be proud of that, especially as it’s your first. All the very best for your assessment.

 

[arturas]

Thanks again lads, You can always think of something else to add or install,but most of the things are there already,etc garden power,outside lights on both sides of the house,and it has a new build extension,new kitchen new bathrooms,and the most important thing for the hole site was to make it as cheap as possible so the client could sell it and earn more lol

 

[High Tower]

Hager board, really good choice!!

There's nothing wrong with that board, you should be proud!!

New installs are always neater than board changes, but you will fly through your assessment with that