I'm having a new consumer unit fitted following some work in the kitchen.
I have always preferred MK kit but any recommendations for a CU? I think I saw a recommendation for something beginning with 'Ha..' in here but I can't find it now. It would be good to have one that only kills the circuit with a problem rather than everything if that's possible.
Hager?
And IMHO better than MK.
And to the OP have a read of
That's it, thanks AlanD :-)
If I specify a Hager Insulated Flexible Dual 63A RCD Consumer Unit as per:
Is it flexible enough to include 2 x Economy 7 circuits with the ordinary domestic stuff?
The most expensive option is one RCBO per circuit (the fully independant sort)
In that case you may need a dual tarrif CU. What's your current set up (two fuse boxes)?
Can you suggest a model that takes one RCBO per circuit?
Yes, 2 fuse boxes at the moment.
It might be better to keep it that way.
So, in my shop (the one with the crack in the corner of the bearly-accessible Wylex board): Alarm: no Lights: no Sockets: yes. Next time I do any refurb work, rather than destory the meter cupboard and put a RCB CU in, I could just put a single RCBO on the sockets circuit. I think I've got a boxed 32A RCB floating around somewhere.
JGH
If you do not do any electrical work on the refurb then you need do nothing to to the fusebox apart from fixing the crack (unless the Scots have different rules).
Like having different rules for shops and dwellings like in England?
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