Hi All,
I would be grateful if someone with a little more electrics know how, would be kind enough to take 5 mins to assist me with a few questions.......
I have recently moved house and decided to add a spur socket to a room we have been decorating. In doing so I obviously went to the Cosnumer unit to see what I had in there. In looking at the unit and trying to identify the circuits, all of which were not labelled I noticed that the bus bar was not there. Each MCB is linked at the bottom or where the bus bar was on our old CU with little lengths if Red Cable from what I think was 2.5mm T&E? I'n no expert but it's the size i think it is? I don't know if it's problem, hence my asking the question and it's curiosity more than anything else....just like to have a little understanding of my CU. Why would the bus bar not be there and why are the MCB's connnected at the bottom in this manner?
Last one - When trying to locate the circuit to isolate the upstairs mains sockets, I have found that I have to isolate two MCB's? It would appear that there is a circuit for both upstairs and downstairs, but I have to switch both off in order to isolate any one of them. If I turn off what I think is downstairs, it does nothing until I isolate another and then they both go off? Please excuse my ignorance but my knowledge is a bit limited. Any ideas, would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
I would be grateful if someone with a little more electrics know how, would be kind enough to take 5 mins to assist me with a few questions.......
I have recently moved house and decided to add a spur socket to a room we have been decorating. In doing so I obviously went to the Cosnumer unit to see what I had in there. In looking at the unit and trying to identify the circuits, all of which were not labelled I noticed that the bus bar was not there. Each MCB is linked at the bottom or where the bus bar was on our old CU with little lengths if Red Cable from what I think was 2.5mm T&E? I'n no expert but it's the size i think it is? I don't know if it's problem, hence my asking the question and it's curiosity more than anything else....just like to have a little understanding of my CU. Why would the bus bar not be there and why are the MCB's connnected at the bottom in this manner?
Last one - When trying to locate the circuit to isolate the upstairs mains sockets, I have found that I have to isolate two MCB's? It would appear that there is a circuit for both upstairs and downstairs, but I have to switch both off in order to isolate any one of them. If I turn off what I think is downstairs, it does nothing until I isolate another and then they both go off? Please excuse my ignorance but my knowledge is a bit limited. Any ideas, would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!