Is there a convention or rule on which wires should be should be connected to the top and which to the bottom of the main switch (etc) in a consumer unit?
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Consumer Unit top and bottom connections
Sep 14, 2016
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On most consumer units the live busbar connects to the bottom of the main switch, so as a result the inlet has to be to the top connections of the switch.
My one splits to 2 RCDs, but i thought that maybe as most output wires are at the top maybe i shouldnt put the input wires to the top of the main switch,, good, I will, thanks JR
This reminded me of an old lever switch taken out of our house when it was rewired in the 1970s. I thought it was a double pole on off switch, but as I found out on measuring it, when the mains in was isolated, a fraction of a second later the earth live and neutral of the house wiring were shorted together. I don't thing this is still done, as the old switch dated from
1939, and was seemingly in a die cast metal case with the lever on the side. Very well made inside, all ceramics. Don't make em like that no more, as a friend said. BrianJoin the Discussion
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