Wylex plug in mcb availability
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Just Googled Ebay seem you have loads
How about a fuse?
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Yes. That could be an economical solution. Thanks
Also probably more trustworthy than a used MCB in unknown condition. Dried grease can get quite tough.
You can still use fuse wire if you wanted to
I have at least a couple of B40s that you'd be welcome to ('for nothing', other than postage).
I obviously could not 'guarantee' them, and they can't really be tested, but I do know their history - they will have been bought 'new' about 30 years ago, put into service for a few years, never 'tripped' and taken out of service around 25 years ago, since when they have just been sitting around on a shelf. There is obviously some uncertainty about something that has been lying around for that long (with grease perhaps getting 'stickier'), but the same is probably true of any of these that you could find.
Kind Regards, John
I don't think the CU in your pic has provision for a 40A breaker.
I would have to look in my junk crate to refresh my memory, but I think the switch is 60A and the receptacles are 30/32A max.
If you get the appropriate coloured base, and it won’t fit, (fooling tab) then it won’t take 40A.
It looks modern though, in Wylex terms, so you stand a chance
It looks modern though, in Wylex terms, so you stand a chance
The 'pins' of a B40 will not fit through the holes in the 'bases' (lumps of plastic) designed for 32A ones. However, the couple of B40s I've so far found here both come with (orange) 'bases' that they do fit.
The two I've found so far have identical bases, but one has a slightly different design and is appreciably narrower ...
Maybe time to save up for a new CU
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