this is supposed to be a diy electrics help forumEddie M said:You need to either :-
Take a spur off an existing socket, even if it's not near.
Extend and existing ring, even if it's not near.
If you have suitable room in the fuse box, create a new circuit.
However, personally I wouldn't advise any of the above, I think you're best off calling an electrician. Do NOT play around with the fuse box, there is a very real possibility of receiving a fatal shock from this.
plugwash said:this is supposed to be a diy electrics help forumEddie M said:You need to either :-
Take a spur off an existing socket, even if it's not near.
Extend and existing ring, even if it's not near.
If you have suitable room in the fuse box, create a new circuit.
However, personally I wouldn't advise any of the above, I think you're best off calling an electrician. Do NOT play around with the fuse box, there is a very real possibility of receiving a fatal shock from this.
adding cuircuits to a CU really isn't that hard and is something we commonly give diyers advice on here
afaict only the following are considered as things we shouldn't advise diyers to do
1: pull the service fuse
2: work on 3 phase
3: work on commercial stuff
Damocles said:The CU has a big switch which turns off power to all metalwork exposed inside. Assuming the sparks who installed it cut the insulation on the meter tails properly, then everything else should be safe to proceed with caution.
Even with the switch 'on' the busbar and all live parts before the mcbs should be at least partially shielded by plastic bits when the main cover is off.
Oh a lot more than that. Not that it matters, dead is dead.Eddie M said:Trouble is, some of the old cartridges in my Fuse box are broken, effectivley exposing the busbar, which I assume is capable of giving me, an 80A jump.
Indeed it must, and sooner rather than later!Yes I know that the old FB must be replaced, as it is potentially dangerous, even though it is protected with a downstream RCU.
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