Messy CU

[RF Lighting]

Pre RF

That's better

 

[JohnW2]

I'm still alive

Pre RF
.....
That's better

What'sgoing on with that right-hand neutral bar?

Kind Regards, John.

 

[JohnD]

not enough RCBOs

 

[Lectrician]

What'sgoing on with that right-hand neutral bar?
Kind Regards, John.

What, the "main switch only" one?

Nothing between the main switch and first RCD

I would of liked to have tidied the cables as they entered the CU too - afterall, thats what you see when the lids on!

 

[RF Lighting]

It's getting boxed in above the CU

I would have preferred more RCBOs but I had to work with whats there

 

[Taylortwocities]

What's the story behind that RF? It looks like all new cables so its not like its a change of CU where you have to work with the old wiring.
Just being nosey, like.


And PS
Why, oh why, do manufacturers keep changing the 'look' of their CPDs. Makes the B6 look out of place. MK keep doing this too.

 

[JohnW2]

What, the "main switch only" one?

Indeed.

Nothing between the main switch and first RCD

Yep, and that, too.

Kind Regards, John.

 

[Lectrician]

Why, oh why, do manufacturers keep changing the 'look' of their CPDs. Makes the B6 look out of place. MK keep doing this too.

Well, with wylex, they moved from the style that this CU is predominantly filled with to the style of the singular MCB after their dreadful recall campaign due to faulty MCB's. It was a consious decision to make it obvious and clear which are "old" and "new".

Did you check those MCB's RF?


I did an EICR (still prefer PIR) recently, it had had a new CU at some point, and it looked dreadful! It needed some serious tidying up when the CU was installed in my opinion!

Same site:

 

[Adam_151]

Whats the situation with white sheath pre-harmonised T&E in your area Lec? . Round here it means it came from a shed as the wholesalers always did only grey. But I understand that in some parts down south it was different?

 

[Taylortwocities]

I spy BS951 clamp on the gas pipe, but no bonding conductor. Is it hidden behind the pipe?

 

[JohnW2]

I spy BS951 clamp on the gas pipe, but no bonding conductor. Is it hidden behind the pipe?

Well spotted. Even if the termination were hidded by the pipe, we would surely see some of the course of a conductor going to the MET (CU)? The only posibility I can think of is that the one conductor we can see (which looks a bit small to me) might conceivably connect to the gas pipe somewhere not shown in the picture - but that seems very unlikely.

Assuming we're right, it's hard to imagine what was going on in the mind of the person who did it. The one visible G/Y is probably bonding for the water pipe, so the person was not unaware of main bonding - yet, having had to take that conductor behind a nearby gas pipe, and having put (or found) a clamp on the pipe, for some reason did not bond it. There are strange people in this world!

Kind Regards, John.

 

[Lectrician]

White T&E was the norm, when we went harm it took some getting used to! Some people even used the more expensive LSZH cable as it was white!

Good spot on the bond clamp, if you look, it is also on the wrong side of the meter. I installed bonding to the water and as my cable passed the gas meter I looped onto a new clamp in the correct location too. Pretty sure I removed that clamp in the end!

 

[JohnW2]

Good spot on the bond clamp, if you look, it is also on the wrong side of the meter. I installed bonding to the water and as my cable passed the gas meter I looped onto a new clamp in the correct location too. Pretty sure I removed that clamp in the end!

I'm a bit confused here - are you saying that what we can see is the service (not consumer) side of the gas supply to a (presumably high level) gas meter?

Kind Regards, John.

 

[securespark]

Bell wire mixed in with T & E.

Those sockets are wired a bit DIY.

Lets hope those adjacent doubles are not linked across.

 

[Lectrician]

Good spot on the bond clamp, if you look, it is also on the wrong side of the meter. I installed bonding to the water and as my cable passed the gas meter I looped onto a new clamp in the correct location too. Pretty sure I removed that clamp in the end!

I'm a bit confused here - are you saying that what we can see is the service (not consumer) side of the gas supply to a (presumably high level) gas meter?

Kind Regards, John.

Yes, that pipe in the shot is the galv gas pipe from the floor, the gas meter is eye level. The customer pipe exists the left hand of the meter, out of shot to the left.