Stabbing with a driver may not be as serious as electrocution. Only you can judge your competence to isolate the CU so that you can safely perform an organ transplant on it.
In the case of an electrical installation - a re-wire, a new consumer unit, a partial rewire, an attempt to get some or all of the installation to current regs etc etc etc.
Stabbing with a driver may not be as serious as electrocution. Only you can judge your competence to isolate the CU so that you can safely perform an organ transplant on it.
You must not mix manufacturers. Would you fit a Kia oil filter in your Porsche?
A consumer unit is type tested by Hager and certified as working correctly with their own products.
Buy the Hager RCBO.
But it still needds testing. The "TEST" button is a basic test of the mechanics of the device, it does not test that the RCBO conforms to the current and trip time characteristics.
I can fit the same Unipart oil filter in a Toyota, a Daihatsu, a Daewoo or a Suzuki
But I do take your point, thank you.
On a related note, I do plan to have a major bathroom refit with a power shower so I'll be getting a sparky in at that time. Maybe I should consider a new CU with RCDs for everything inside it?
So the two Red wires from the circuit both go the 'Load L Out' and the two black wires from the circuit go to the 'Load N Out' on the MCBO and the blue wire from the RCBO goes to the N busbar ?
Thanks also to the others who gave help. It's a great feeling to know that not only did I do something that worked, but it is legal and, more importantly, completely The Right Way to do it.
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