What on earth is this attached to a consumer unit

[Duckcave]

Hi, I am im in the middle of buying a house and came across this odd thing that one electrician cannot identify, Its hard wired to the consumer unit... any ideas?

 

[Andy78]

I would say that's a digital timeclock at first glance. What do the instruction leaflets say ?

 

[telectrix]

underfloor heating perhaps?

 

[Duckcave]

I stupidly didnt take a snap of the instructions, was on a flying visit. The brand suggests its for or from a caravan oddly...

I took these other pictures though and could not identify a trip nor the reason behind there being both a digital and analogue meter. This combined with the mystery timer has us very confused.

 

[Adie moore]

Some kind of inline amp/watt meter

 

[Andy78]

Are there any storage heaters in the house ?

The enclosure was made by CEC plug in systems, a local company linked to Bonus electrical, who predominantly made gear for the local caravan manufacturing firms. It is just a plastic box in essence though and nothing to do with the timeclock as that will have been purchased separately.

 

[Duckcave]

The only thing in the house similar to this is a towel rail that is both plumbed in to central heating and mains powered.

 

[Octopus]

Is there a cess pit with a pump?

 

[Duckcave]

No cess pit, no pump - its a Victorian terrace house that had a considerable extension 15 years ago. Fairly standard property.

 

[sean_ork]

Greenhouse ? timed irrigation pump

 

[Duckcave]

There is a garage but that has its own consumer unit ... for context - this is the house on right move.

 

[drzsta]

MK sentry CU with all merlin gear :rockon2:

 

[muzza1]

There is a garage but that has its own consumer unit ... for context - this is the house on right move.

Nice Gaff though!

 

[sean_ork]

Kinda shows some folks thought processes, monies no object making the house look nice - oh the lights works so the electrics will do

 

[Martin Kerr]

I stupidly didnt take a snap of the instructions, was on a flying visit. The brand suggests its for or from a caravan oddly...

I took these other pictures though and could not identify a trip nor the reason behind there being both a digital and analogue meter. This combined with the mystery timer has us very confused.
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Is that not a Sangamo time clock beside the digital meter?

 

[Lagentium]

Cannabis farm? Haha

 

[davesparks]

MK sentry CU with all merlin gear :rockon2:

They are actually the correct breakers for those boards, MK breakers at the time were merlin C60 but with MK branding put on the front. The earlier MK LN type MCBs were Siemens rebadged

 

[drzsta]

They are actually the correct breakers for those boards, MK breakers at the time were merlin C60 but with MK branding put on the front. The earlier MK LN type MCBs were Siemens rebadged

I only bother to fit merlin gear hence the emoji in the previous post.

 

[slingshot2000]

Is that not a Sangamo time clock beside the digital meter?

That's what I thought!
What was the "electrician" looking at?

 

[Darkwood]

The spacing factor for that trunking is looking spot on too, I take it these 'sparks' don't think it needs applying in domestic as I see this all the time.

 

[YoungScud]

I stupidly didnt take a snap of the instructions, was on a flying visit. The brand suggests its for or from a caravan oddly...

I took these other pictures though and could not identify a trip nor the reason behind there being both a digital and analogue meter. This combined with the mystery timer has us very confused.
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It's a solid-state two-rate meter and a Sangam0 80A Timeswitch, used, for example, for Economy 7 tariff. The grey wire linking the timeswitch to the meter switches the rates on the meter.

 

[Adam W]

Hi, I am im in the middle of buying a house and came across this odd thing that one electrician cannot identify, Its hard wired to the consumer unit... any ideas?

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The numbers 1 to 7 at the bottom of the display suggest it could be some kind of 7 day timer. I'd be up for pushing the 'menu' button and seeing what options it offers you, or if it has an override button on it see what comes on when you operate that. Alternatively your "electrician" should have been capable of identifying what it does from what circuit it is on and possibly which direction it goes off in.

My first impression was that it could be an energy meter to tell you how much energy you're using. Is this a possibility?

 

[sean_ork]

There's a set of what looks like instructions folded up to the left of the timer, there might be a few clues within

 

[Andy78]

The numbers 1 to 7 at the bottom of the display suggest it could be some kind of 7 day timer. I'd be up for pushing the 'menu' button and seeing what options it offers you, or if it has an override button on it see what comes on when you operate that. Alternatively your "electrician" should have been capable of identifying what it does from what circuit it is on and possibly which direction it goes off in.

My first impression was that it could be an energy meter to tell you how much energy you're using. Is this a possibility?

Definitely a timer. Merlin Gerin to match the MCBs

15720 Merlin Gerin | 7 day 1 HP 1 channel timer w/LCD display | 399-5620 | Welcome to RS Online

 

[Martin Kerr]

Hi, I am im in the middle of buying a house and came across this odd thing that one electrician cannot identify, Its hard wired to the consumer unit... any ideas?

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Get an electrician that can recognise , a basic din rail mounted electronic time clock.....