Circuit Breakers?

avid · 3 Oct 2006

I have a old crabtree consumer unit with type 1 circuit breakers in it.
I want to put an extra breaker in, do I have to use the original type 1 breakers or can I use the new type b breakers.

JohnD · 3 Oct 2006

You might find that new ones don't fit. What old kind have you got? Are they by any chance brown?

avid · 4 Oct 2006

The breakers are white and the consumer unit is a bs6000 and was installed in 1992.

Spark123 · 4 Oct 2006

Generally speaking, providing you can get the correct breaker to fit into the consumer unit it does not matter wether it is a type 1 or a type B, it does however mean that the circuit that the MCB is supplying must be checked for suitability with a type B breaker.

avid · 4 Oct 2006

Cheers for your help guys

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