Cynical I am, and yes I believe it's has been done for mostly those reasons.
Cynical I am, and yes I believe it's has been done for mostly those reasons.
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Paperwork exercise to create more money for everybody Bar the consumers themselves.
I think that sheer bl***y incompetence on the part of JPEL/64 is far more likely.
Stranger things have happened.
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kai
The problems would not have arisen, if we stuck with the traditional Wylex Standard Boards, with their solid twin screw connections, adapted by the addition of two RCD spaces in them.
I seem to remember that the RCD versions of their standard boards were available in the Eighties, before the din-rail system took over from them???
I seem to remember that the RCD versions of their standard boards were available in the Eighties, before the din-rail system took over from them???
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kai
Well at least the plastic ones are dead cheap now - if you are looking for a single RCD, DO NOT BUY THE SINGLE RCD - instead buy a clearance consumer unit with a suitable RCD in it - that way you will save money, and get an enclosure effectively free of charge, which can be used to house timers and control modules in!
Have a look on Wickes and Screwfix sites, they are all selling Single RCD's for a Penny more than a plastic RCD consumer unit containing an 80amp RCD within it!
Have a look on Wickes and Screwfix sites, they are all selling Single RCD's for a Penny more than a plastic RCD consumer unit containing an 80amp RCD within it!
The bargains will be even keener next year.
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kai
I had a look at a High Integrity board recently, the short busbar fits in the slot towards the front of the Main Switch, without interfering with the two cables. I cannot remember what make it was.
I much prefer the MK solution of parking all the neutrals in the high integrity terminal block and then distributing out to the individual RCDs. It would be great if there were a viable way of doing that with the line conductors without the risk of some idiot connecting a circuit straight into it. I don't like the doubling up of conductors in the top/bottom of main switch/rcds - it just seems cack-handed as well causing the inconvenicence of the tri rateds obstructing cable paths.
Get designing and inventing. Must be cheap.
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kai
The Wylex Tri Rated leads have their ends welded together into a square block ending, which just manages to fill up the whole terminal space in the main switch connection, hence making good contact when the terminals are tightened up correctly.
Aico make some nice DIN rail mount distribution blocks.
Erico?
Nah - don't they make fire detectors?
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kai
It looks like a nice little earner for the board makers - a ten way 17th edition board now costs on average of around ninety pounds, instead of the forty pounds previously for an empty board, with just the two RCD's and a Main switch in it.
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