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I did not. I got an electrician in th eend and he supplid an MK. Cheers

Thanks for replying unphased_spark. The dodgy sounding CU is on ebay here . I did send an email to the seller asking the manufacturer details, but they said that the sticker had been pulled off. I have decided that this was not the answer I wanted and thought I would give a miss...

Hi All, - I have worked out that my main consumer unit does not have an RCD, it just has an isolator switch. - The 2.5mm cable runs from a 15Amp MCB in the main consumer unit, under the concrete floor (through ducting), to the old fuse box in the garage. This run is about 15metres - I...

Thanks for all your time in replying to my messages. I will replace the CU in teh garage with a new one and run in some new 2.5mm cable, which I think is the easiest and cheapest option for me. I will run teh wires above the rockwool insualtion so I guess this wont decrease teh length of my...

Thanks for the reply. It is a big garage, soon to be big office. I did wonder about teh different types of consumer unit (insualated, metalclad etc..). Can you tell me why it should be a metalclad? There are quite a few consumer units here and it is hard to know what to choose...

I was a bit sceptical myself. Maybe I will buy one with a BS mark. here The garage is attached to the house. The cable is bured under concrete floors, but it is fed through some pretty thick round conduit. The CU does not have anything written on it and it contains some of the old...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. My answers will probably expose my knowledge of electrical wiring but here goes. The reason for the Consumer unit from Israel was because it is seeling for about £22 including P&P which I thought was good value. Let me know if you know a better source as I am all...

Hi, I currently have a garage that has a very old Fuse box containing a 15Amp and a 5Amp fuse (not MCB). This fuse box is fed from the Main Consumer Unit box using a single 2.5mm2 cable. This cable is connected to a 15Amp MCB in the main consumer unit. I want to upgrade this fuse box in...