Proteus Switchgear Made In England.

[kai]

Has anyone considered using Proteus consumer units?
They are Made in Great Britain, so are free of any far eastern risks that may crop up.

 

[Iggifer]

I detest Proteus. Unfortunately one of the occasions where 'Made In Britain' means squat.

 

[Echo the husky]

Yes they are terrible! Their older RCBOs are so tall they fill up the entire height of the board. I've not seen any newer ones if they are any different.

 

[Iggifer]

Yes they are terrible! Their older RCBOs are so tall they fill up the entire height of the board. I've not seen any newer ones if they are any different.

Unlikely. I wouldn't want to get some to find out. Horrible switchgear

 

[RF Lighting]

Yeah it's horrible stuff. I'd sooner use some far eastern gear and take the risk.

 

[OwainDIYer]

I'd rather twist five amp fuse-wire around my testicles.

 

[securespark]

I wouldn't go that far!

 

[333rocky333]

proteus and tamlite , get slagged off a lot usually from peoples past experiences years ago, when other makes did seem superior, however, lately I have witnessed some commercial proteus made panel assemblies and Tamlite light fittings and found there quality far superior to what it was, whilst noticed stuff like wylex, shneider, thorn and mk seem to have got worse.

 

[RF Lighting]

I recently fitted a proteus 20A metal clad rotary isolator. The terminal screw heads all sheared off before they were tight.

It was promptly returned.

Tamlite have some ok stuff like their 1W led emergency lights but their pop packs are still dreadful.

 

[SUNRAY]

I recently fitted a proteus 20A metal clad rotary isolator. The terminal screw heads all sheared off before they were tight.

It was promptly returned.

Tamlite have some ok stuff like their 1W led emergency lights but their pop packs are still dreadful.

We had the same issue a little while back with 63A versions and took six of them back to the wholesaler. The branch manager got out a torque driver, set it to to the maximum listed in the MI's and terminated 6mm wires, no damage resulted so we were refused a refund. I then undid the screws with a terminal driver just using thumb and forefinger and asked him if he thought it was secure. His answer MI's say it is. We took them back to another branch and they refunded ok.
I do thinks their commercial CU's are ok though.

 

[333rocky333]

That surprises me, I found the tamlite pop pack metal casing very heavy duty and also had a Tridonic ballast, whereas a thorn fitting recently nearly sliced my finger the metal was so thin

 

[Echo the husky]

I saw a new Thorn emergency fitting when wpeking at a pub the other day, it was a rebadged Eterna.