rate my fuse box (or consumer unit to be politically correct!)

[Hawk]

Job done today. What do you think? I thought it was quite sexy!

 

[Andy78]

The original fuseboards were in the cupboard beside the meter as in the picture. The cables ran behind the bit above which was already boxed in with plywood. All I did was move the new consumer unit up and replaced the plywood. I upgraded the tails to 25mm and took them up to the new position. Do you think I should have an upfront 100mA rcd?

Do you think you should have one ?

 

[Simonslimline]

The original fuseboards were in the cupboard beside the meter as in the picture. The cables ran behind the bit above which was already boxed in with plywood. All I did was move the new consumer unit up and replaced the plywood. I upgraded the tails to 25mm and took them up to the new position. Do you think I should have an upfront 100mA rcd?

Not for additional protection, but i am sure you already knew that.

 

[Octopus]

I would remove the wood!

 

[IzzyS]

No point fitting a 100mA RCD - it wouldn't comply, as it needs to be 30mA for shock protection.

I like your approach, looks neat, but as I said, you could come unstuck if you put it up for assessment.

Personally, I would consider it to be no different to running the tails in trunking, but that's just my opinion. Yours is wider, and made of plywood, but it's doing the same job.

 

[Hawk]

I would have said no, as the dno fuse is there to protect the tails and the length of tails is under 3m. As for the wood, what other material could I have used?

 

[Hawk]

I can find nothing in the regs to say that a consumer unit can't be mounted on wood.

 

[Hawk]

Could always give it a coat of this. (see picture)

 

[Midwest]

No point fitting a 100mA RCD - it wouldn't comply, as it needs to be 30mA for shock protection.

I like your approach, looks neat, but as I said, you could come unstuck if you put it up for assessment.

Personally, I would consider it to be no different to running the tails in trunking, but that's just my opinion. Yours is wider, and made of plywood, but it's doing the same job.

What if the meter tails are more than 50mm from the surface? I did a job once, where I ran the meter tails surface in maxi trunking, in the corner of a wall below the CU. Went back a few months later and the customer had boxed in the trunking!

 

[Adam W]

I'm not a fan of that warning label taped above the CU; technically it's a safe zone anyway, you could have made the sign more discreet and fixed it better.
What does that switch do? I'd have probably labelled that instead.

 

[Hawk]

The sign is only temporary. Have to go back to do other bits and pieces. The switch is for a light in the garage. It was there originally.

 

[davesparks]

What on earth is the sign there for in the first place? It's a boxing above a fuseboard!

 

[pmasouthwestltd]

all twin and earth cables should min of 2mm of the outta sheath withing the fuseboard. this guy has stripped his cables back to far.

code 2

 

[davesparks]

all twin and earth cables should min of 2mm of the outta sheath withing the fuseboard. this guy has stripped his cables back to far.

code 2

And the regulation number you are going to reference to support this statement is?

What is the potential danger you have identified?

 

[Hawk]

The sheath enters the fuse box more than 2mm. But hard to tell from the pics. What regulation is that by the way?

 

[Hawk]

Because Dave Joe public is not that smart!