Upstairs Fuseboard

[sl1210]

Hi guys got another quick question.

I am going to change 2 fuseboxes in a house tomorrow. Now the main one under the stairs does all the ground floor sockets, kitchen etc and i will fit a 17th edition dual rcd board.

The second fusebox is upstairs fed from a henley block under the stairs and supplies all the upstairs circuits lights, sockets etc.

Now i was only going to put a 5 way main switch board upstairs because there is only 3 circuits, and probably use rcbo's.

My question is could i put a board with an rcd as a main switch supplying the mcb's, or does it need to be a dual rcd board or rcbo's like normal even if it is only doing the upstairs??

Cheers

 

[1shortcircuit]

I'm with Pik on this one, probably easier and cheaper to extend the current circuits to meet the new board. Either joint with MF kits of DIN rail box, other options available.

This would be my preferred option too, keep everything in one place.

Also, if two boards in two different places then wouldn't they still need a main isolator to switch off both on one main switch?

 

[telectrix]

for only 3 circuits upstairs, extend the circuits the 3m or so to a single CU downstairs. no brainer, really.

 

[Landril]

Personnel opinion is put all in one board on the ground floor as stated above, unless you really need to have an upstairs i.e. seperate flat, rented etc...
Doesnt make sense all this messig around when you can just extend the circuits to the lower level.