In the process of rewiring my father's house, I needed to check the house fuse for the certificate.
Having found the cover loose and falling off in my hand (honest guv) I found it was a 60A fuse in a ceramic holder.
3 questions follow from that.
1) in practise, how easy is it to get the REC to upgrade it to 80 or 100A. Is their wiring into the meter likely to be up to it without modification, or are they likely to charge through the nose to do it (if you can actually get them to consider it at all in the first place!). I'm in Dartford, so EDF area if that helps.
2) Of course I would never consider replacing it myself, but in this case I couldn't anyway because the ceramic holder seems to be moulded round it so that the fuse will not come out without breaking - I haven't seen this before, but the wiring is/was old so wonder if it was their way of stopping people replacing it.....The ceramic holder is marked Siemens 60A - Are such things available now , even to the REC if they had to come out to replace it?
3) Given that the house is on a 60A fuse, is it good practise to use lower than normal mcbs in the new MK CU I have fitted to avoid it ever blowing as I imagine it would be a major hassle to get the REC out quickly to replace it.
The fuse boxes I replaced had rewirable fuses totting up to some 106A for sockets/immersion, 30A for lighting and more yet for the storage heaters.
...any offers for a double pole fused lighting CU, circa 1936 btw?
Many Thanks
Gavin
Having found the cover loose and falling off in my hand (honest guv) I found it was a 60A fuse in a ceramic holder.
3 questions follow from that.
1) in practise, how easy is it to get the REC to upgrade it to 80 or 100A. Is their wiring into the meter likely to be up to it without modification, or are they likely to charge through the nose to do it (if you can actually get them to consider it at all in the first place!). I'm in Dartford, so EDF area if that helps.
2) Of course I would never consider replacing it myself, but in this case I couldn't anyway because the ceramic holder seems to be moulded round it so that the fuse will not come out without breaking - I haven't seen this before, but the wiring is/was old so wonder if it was their way of stopping people replacing it.....The ceramic holder is marked Siemens 60A - Are such things available now , even to the REC if they had to come out to replace it?
3) Given that the house is on a 60A fuse, is it good practise to use lower than normal mcbs in the new MK CU I have fitted to avoid it ever blowing as I imagine it would be a major hassle to get the REC out quickly to replace it.
The fuse boxes I replaced had rewirable fuses totting up to some 106A for sockets/immersion, 30A for lighting and more yet for the storage heaters.
...any offers for a double pole fused lighting CU, circa 1936 btw?
Many Thanks
Gavin