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As some of you know, I am newly qualified and have my elecsa assesment on Friday. I am starting a consumer unit change and have a few questions if I may? Where is the best place to buy consumer units, cable etc. Near to where I live there is a toolstation which is selling twin and earth for a around a tenner cheaper than CEF obviously has BS markings etc and they also have 10 way consumer unit for £40, Brand CTI with 10 MCB's item 71165 or 12 way CED £50 item 12171. My question really is do sparkys only buy from electrical wholesalers and why? should I buy the CTI consumer unit as it will do the job or a wylex for £80 from an electrical wholesaler?
I am on a fast and very steep learning curve but want to start the right way and don't want to buy inferior goods but some of the pricing is quite a bit different and I am trying to understand if there is any point in using electrical wholesalers if goods are cheaper from places like toolstation and even b&q at times, if they have the relevant BS/ES marks.
Also the consumer unit I am replacing only has 5 circuits, is there a problem with putting a 10 way in there or should I be taking out the spare MCB's and replace with blanks? Will the MCB's be compatitble with other consumer units? The 10 way is actually cheaper than buying a smaller box with less which is why I was looking at the CTI one.
many thanks to all and apologies if the questions I am asking are simple but I am going alone so no-one to ask and I would really appreciate the advice from proper sparky's who are doing this everyday
As some of you know, I am newly qualified and have my elecsa assesment on Friday. I am starting a consumer unit change and have a few questions if I may? Where is the best place to buy consumer units, cable etc. Near to where I live there is a toolstation which is selling twin and earth for a around a tenner cheaper than CEF obviously has BS markings etc and they also have 10 way consumer unit for £40, Brand CTI with 10 MCB's item 71165 or 12 way CED £50 item 12171. My question really is do sparkys only buy from electrical wholesalers and why? should I buy the CTI consumer unit as it will do the job or a wylex for £80 from an electrical wholesaler?
I am on a fast and very steep learning curve but want to start the right way and don't want to buy inferior goods but some of the pricing is quite a bit different and I am trying to understand if there is any point in using electrical wholesalers if goods are cheaper from places like toolstation and even b&q at times, if they have the relevant BS/ES marks.
Also the consumer unit I am replacing only has 5 circuits, is there a problem with putting a 10 way in there or should I be taking out the spare MCB's and replace with blanks? Will the MCB's be compatitble with other consumer units? The 10 way is actually cheaper than buying a smaller box with less which is why I was looking at the CTI one.
many thanks to all and apologies if the questions I am asking are simple but I am going alone so no-one to ask and I would really appreciate the advice from proper sparky's who are doing this everyday
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