Recent content by TeddyEdwards

Thanks Chris. I'm going to get this priced/ changed in January. I'm actually in Watford Herts, I whacked in London on the rushed registration. John

Where might that be? In the cartridges where the fuse wire is? Seriously considering getting the unit changed. What is a very rough ballpark figure for an electrician to supply and fit a new consumer unit? John

Thanks Adam. The inside of the mem fusebox i have is pretty similar looking to this: which i'm guessing means it's late 70's- very early eighties?? Going to sort an FCU on those lights. Are underfloor junction boxes on the ring-main a complete no-no now or is it acceptable to...

Thanks OwainDIYer for your very quick response. Very please to hear about the kitchen frontplates and the consumer unit which i'm considering getting changed. I guess the fusebox could be early 80's then done with the wiring then. How bad is "fairly bad"? cable is 2.5 to the 2nd...

Hi, I'm doing some renovation on the house. 1) The fusebox is a steel MEM item with pull off cartridges with wire fuses. How old would you estimate this is? If an electrician was asked to replace this with a modern fusebox/ consumer unit, would they do this with the existing wiring if...