Hi,
I have economy 7 consumer unit in my house. I want to convert the switches to power sockets and add another 2 radial circuits for lighting and sockets in the cellar. I will be doing the work my self and get it certified by an electrican.
The current setup is such that there is 2 sets of tails feeding 2 separate CUs with fused switches in between (the neutral meter tail is split by a black connector block whilst 2 lives tails are coming from the meter). I guess these will need to be attached to a block too when I get the meter changed?
The economy CU has no RCB but presume I can swap the red power switch for a 30ma RCD or will the ME 80A fused switch be suffice?
It has the 4 heater bays each having a 16A mcb and 2 spare bays which I want to use for the cellar socket. As I can't add cellar lights to same RCD as the sockets, I have spare bays on main CU (split load) next to house lighting that i could possibly use, would that be ok?
I will be using 2.5mm twin and earth cables with 20A mcb for the sockets and 1.5mm twin and earth with 6A mcb for the lighting.
I have economy 7 consumer unit in my house. I want to convert the switches to power sockets and add another 2 radial circuits for lighting and sockets in the cellar. I will be doing the work my self and get it certified by an electrican.
The current setup is such that there is 2 sets of tails feeding 2 separate CUs with fused switches in between (the neutral meter tail is split by a black connector block whilst 2 lives tails are coming from the meter). I guess these will need to be attached to a block too when I get the meter changed?
The economy CU has no RCB but presume I can swap the red power switch for a 30ma RCD or will the ME 80A fused switch be suffice?
It has the 4 heater bays each having a 16A mcb and 2 spare bays which I want to use for the cellar socket. As I can't add cellar lights to same RCD as the sockets, I have spare bays on main CU (split load) next to house lighting that i could possibly use, would that be ok?
I will be using 2.5mm twin and earth cables with 20A mcb for the sockets and 1.5mm twin and earth with 6A mcb for the lighting.
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