Stockists of Old Range Electrical Equipment

[Kev]

Just wonder if anybody knows of any electrical factors that tend to carry stocks of older equipment. I have a Crabtree consumer unit, fitted about 8 years ago, and want to fit two new circuits. Speaking to Crabtree, the current MCB's should fit but are not directly interchangable so it sounds like a bodge. What are the chances of getting Crabtree MCB's from obsolete stock? I am in Herts.

Kevin

[Andrew Gabriel]

Phone around electrical wholesalers in your area. Often you can find one which has stock on the shelf which has not been manufactured for 10 years. In the case of a chain, if you want a large enough quantity, they will sometimes go to the effort to rain in stock from other warehouses. I wanted a significant number of MK logic (not logic plus) double sockets a couple of years after MK stopped making them, and ERD were excellent at this, and managed to locate enough stock across all their warehouses.

[Lobster]

Not sure whether how appropriate it is to suggest ebay as a source for electrical kit, but worth looking maybe?

Eg:

(or ): this obviously isn't the item you want, but the sellet seems to have various obsolete Crabtree stuff so might be worth making contact?

Cheers David