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Yet another little project for the house!
I currently have an old fashioned fuse board. It's an old wylex unit and I'd like to have this replaced with a new consumer unit. Prior to asking the electrician to come round and price this for me I'd like to be sure of the full scope of what needs to be done. Don't worry; no intention of tackling this myself.
Old unit has cartridge fuses, and there are currently connections for:
Lights
Sockets
Shower
Cooker
I'd like the new unit to have separate switches for:
Upstairs lights
Downstairs lights
Upstairs sockets
Downstairs sockets
Cooker
Boiler
Shower
Our previous sparky mentioned that the earth bonding wiring needs to be upgraded. We're also still on the old red and black wiring.
1. Am I able to do a straight swap for a new consumer unit?
2. Can I have any size unit or is one for each of the above plus a couple of spares sufficient?
3. Will the old wiring require replacement due to regs of any kind?
4. I presume the sockets and the lighting circuits will have to be 'split' to allow separate connections for upstairs and down. Is this particularly difficult?
5. The old unit is sited on a cellar wall. Is there anything preventing the new unit taking the same position (i.e resistance to damp etc)?
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.
Yet another little project for the house!
I currently have an old fashioned fuse board. It's an old wylex unit and I'd like to have this replaced with a new consumer unit. Prior to asking the electrician to come round and price this for me I'd like to be sure of the full scope of what needs to be done. Don't worry; no intention of tackling this myself.
Old unit has cartridge fuses, and there are currently connections for:
Lights
Sockets
Shower
Cooker
I'd like the new unit to have separate switches for:
Upstairs lights
Downstairs lights
Upstairs sockets
Downstairs sockets
Cooker
Boiler
Shower
Our previous sparky mentioned that the earth bonding wiring needs to be upgraded. We're also still on the old red and black wiring.
1. Am I able to do a straight swap for a new consumer unit?
2. Can I have any size unit or is one for each of the above plus a couple of spares sufficient?
3. Will the old wiring require replacement due to regs of any kind?
4. I presume the sockets and the lighting circuits will have to be 'split' to allow separate connections for upstairs and down. Is this particularly difficult?
5. The old unit is sited on a cellar wall. Is there anything preventing the new unit taking the same position (i.e resistance to damp etc)?
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.