Studio Consumer Unit

[hasel5]

Yes i agree use commonsense but nowhere does it state 2 lighting circuits etc should be used only no loss of power to all circuits

 

[Engineer54]

Yes i agree use commonsense but nowhere does it state 2 lighting circuits etc should be used only no loss of power to all circuits

Why is it that you all seem to expect everything you would ever come across on an electrical installation will be laid out in detail in BS7671 or it's guide notes?? These publications are for the guidance of expected trained electricians, ...not to be used as an excuse, if something isn't mentioned...

Commonsense tells you not to have both lighting circuits covered/protected by the same RCD, or both the light and socket circuit that cover the same area, ...and so on, and so on!!

 

[Brightspark2]

I personally swear by MG/Schneider product's, but even there RCD/RCBO devices aren't any more reliable than anyone else's, of that, i can assure you, ...and they are one of the most expensive names in the electrical industry!! lol!!

Too true...we mostly work with MG/Schneider/Square D and there RCBO trade price is £75!!!!...

- Discount of course...

 

[Engineer54]

Too true...we mostly work with MG/Schneider/Square D and there RCBO trade price is £75!!!!...

- Discount of course...

Wow!! i didn't know you were getting stung that much in the UK!! I know that our contractor isn't paying anything like that figure for Schneider's SP or DP RCBO's.... lol!!

Don't particularly like the Square D stuff myself, but i do rate their industrial limit switches and the like. Maybe because i was brought up with them with the company i did all my training with. Can still remember all the series numbers too...lol!! The industrial relays/contactors were pretty good too.

 

[Brightspark2]

Wow!! i didn't know you were getting stung that much in the UK!! I know that our contractor isn't paying anything like that figure for Schneider's SP or DP RCBO's.... lol!!

Don't particularly like the Square D stuff myself, but i do rate their industrial limit switches and the like. Maybe because i was brought up with them with the company i did all my training with. Can still remember all the series numbers too...lol!! The industrial relays/contactors were pretty good too.

We're definitely being stung...

Over here the square D and Schneider stuff is exactly the same, RCBOs, MCBs, DBs etc all the same. Merlin Gerin name has been dropped, with them just wanting to use the name Schneider...apart from on there square D stuff lol...so if you need a MG part it will now come as Schneider...

Is it the same there?...

 

[Engineer54]

We're definitely being stung...

Over here the square D and Schneider stuff is exactly the same, RCBOs, MCBs, DBs etc all the same. Merlin Gerin name has been dropped, with them just wanting to use the name Schneider...apart from on there square D stuff lol...so if you need a MG part it will now come as Schneider...

Is it the same there?...

I know all about MG and Schneider, virtually all of my past projects have been MG For both MV and LV and will be again on my present project...

 

[Brightspark2]

I know all about MG and Schneider, virtually all of my past projects have been MG For both MV and LV and will be again on my present project...

Yeh didn't want to seem like I was telling you there scholar, I know you know your onions, just with you mentioning MG I wondered if they where still using the brand in your corner of the world

 

[Engineer54]

Yeh didn't want to seem like I was telling you there scholar, I know you know your onions, just with you mentioning MG I wondered if they where still using the brand in your corner of the world

All the LV side is branded Schneider as far as i can see. The MV side is also branded Schneider, but still has Merlin Gerin labels as well. I really don't know why they re-badged any of the MG stuff, probably one of the most respected brands in the industry, and up there with the likes of ABB and Siemens...