Todays board change - 'real world' with older cables.

[Dave OCD]

This was commenced at 2.30pm today after having to locate and rectify an open neutral on a ring, missing earth continuity on a lighting circuit and 2 sockets spurred off the cooker. ? It's as good as I could make it with the older T&Es , and annoying that everything barring 2 lives of a ring were long enough to reconnect comfortably. These are nice CUs though, my standard choice now. ? [I know there's a slight slant on the devices, had 3 goes at sor

ting that but they just kept ending up like this... ]

 

[Dave OCD]

That would be a lovely solution but I bet they're not cheap !

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

That would be a lovely solution but I bet they're not cheap !

SBS sell them. It looks like the website is being updated but the price list is there:

SBS - Trade Sales Ltd. | The Home of Bespoke Distribution Boards

Providing high quality distribution boards and associated equipment configured to your requirements by our electricians.

sbstradesales.co.uk

 

[Lister1987]

SBS sell them. It looks like the website is being updated but the price list is there:

SBS - Trade Sales Ltd. | The Home of Bespoke Distribution Boards

Providing high quality distribution boards and associated equipment configured to your requirements by our electricians.

sbstradesales.co.uk

@dseselectric did a review/job with one in one of his latest videos, I like the idea but the downside is if SBS to go the wall, maintainability and compatibility will go out the window with them, no chance getting a 3rd party bit of switchgear to work with it.

ETA video link;

 

[Pretty Mouth]

I can’t see why anyone still fits a dual rcd split board these days

the cost upgrade to fully rcbo is so small now it’s a no brainier

I haven’t fitted a dual split rcd board in like 5 or 6 years

Which boards are you fitting, DD? For Hager, there's a significant difference in price. £90 for a 10 way fully loaded dual RCD board, vs £280 for 10 way RCBO. Add an SPD on the latter and you're looking at ~£370.

 

[pc1966]

The only annoying thing for me with RCBO boards is trying to get the neutral tails tidy,always tempting to use cable ties but that could compromise heat dissipation....

In many boards the diversity is large - i.e. the supply and realistic demand is limited 60-100A but the sum of MCB/RCBO is often near double that, and often the neutral tails are a generous size as well, so I really doubt there would be much heating to worry about if bundled. It might be worth doing a typical grouping calculation on the breaker limit and neutral CSA to prove it but too late in the evening for that!

Having ferrules and a crimper to hand at least allows them to be cut to sensible lengths for a better dressing approach.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Which boards are you fitting, DD? For Hager, there's a significant difference in price. £90 for a 10 way fully loaded dual RCD board, vs £280 for 10 way RCBO. Add an SPD on the latter and you're looking at ~£370.

Metal 17th Edition Amendment 3 + 6 RCBOs Consumer Unit 12 Way | Toolstation

Metal consumer unit to BS 7671 IET Amendment 3. BS 61439-3. • 1 x 100A DP switch • 6 Type B SP 30mA RCBOs: 2x 32A, 2x 6A, 1x 16A, 1x 40A • Metal blanks included • Dimensions (H x W x D): 8 Way 237 x 235 x 110mm 12 Way 237 x 307 x 110mm

www.toolstation.com

you can pick up rcbo boards for around the 100 quid mark if you arent brand fussy

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Local Rexel supplies 10 way board and 8 rcbos of your choice for £97+vat. Which is quite good

 

[Zerax]

Local Rexel supplies 10 way board and 8 rcbos of your choice for £97+vat. Which is quite good

What make is that Gavin ?

 

[padawan]

to allow back cable entry, is the DB fixed to wood and under a wooden joist ?
would a pastic DB be a better choice

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

What make is that Gavin ?

It is BG. the new style small form RCBOs are £10.63+VAT ea

 

[telectrix]

It is BG. the new style small form RCBOs are £10.63+VAT ea
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where's this from? best price i've had for compact BG RCBOs was £16 inc vat. screwfi want £24.and the new BG busbar shield is pants.

 

[GBDamo]

where's this from? best price i've had for compact BG RCBOs was £16 inc vat. screwfi want £24.and the new BG busbar shield is pants.

Looking at them discounts it looks like Rexel.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

where's this from? best price i've had for compact BG RCBOs was £16 inc vat. screwfi want £24.and the new BG busbar shield is pants.

Rexel Bath/ Chippenham

Every week we all get sent an email from one of the sales reps with the current pricing and promos, Rexel treat BG as the house brand so to speak.
Every Rexel branch has a sales rep whos job is to work out what people want and get together good pricing. they have targets so dont be afraid to point blank say to them give me x at this price ...
For example I bought the new Kewtech KT66DL MFT for £950 Plus VAT. He looked online found cheapest price and took £35 off. was told be here in July had it few weeks back and love it.
99% of the time if i email the area sales rep for the local Rexel branch then he will beat any like for like quote. most of the time I dont even need to go elsewhere as the pricing I get in Rexel is so good. I spend several thousand a month with them as they are by far and above the cheapest in the country for Zappi ev chargers. even cheaper than going to myenergi direct.

 

[GBDamo]

Rexel Bath/ Chippenham

Every week we all get sent an email from one of the sales reps with the current pricing and promos, Rexel treat BG as the house brand so to speak.
Every Rexel branch has a sales rep whos job is to work out what people want and get together good pricing. they have targets so dont be afraid to point blank say to them give me x at this price ...
For example I bought the new Kewtech KT66DL MFT for £950 Plus VAT. He looked online found cheapest price and took £35 off. was told be here in July had it few weeks back and love it.
99% of the time if i email the area sales rep for the local Rexel branch then he will beat any like for like quote. most of the time I dont even need to go elsewhere as the pricing I get in Rexel is so good. I spend several thousand a month with them as they are by far and above the cheapest in the country for Zappi ev chargers. even cheaper than going to myenergi direct.

Looking at them discounts it looks like Rexel.

Winner?

I too use them a lot for quoted works as the can be significantly cheaper than the rest.

Reactive jobs get CEF as they're much more convenient.

 

[Dustydazzler]

For Reactive / emergency jobs the price of the materials is normally irrelevant, the customer will pay what ever…

for priced jobs / planned jobs I always do a tool station price up and finally get one of the local wholesalers to see if they can beat it

but to be honest I don’t do massive contract work so quite often the price differential is so minimal it doesn’t matter where I buy from

I even bought 50 usb sockets from Aldi once as they were on offer for £4,99 , nobody not even my usual wholesalers could get anywhere near that price

im now waiting for Lidl to do a range of Rcbo consumer units ?