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Odd, it calls it high integrity, in the past high integrity means three or four main circuits, so many MCB's on one RCD. So many on the other RCD, and a couple MCBs or RCBOs as well, so three neutral bars. The old twin RCD units now seem very cheap, as suppose no one want them.

But no SPD fitted.
 
ericmark said:
Odd, it calls it high integrity, in the past high integrity means three or four main circuits, so many MCB's on one RCD. So many on the other RCD, and a couple MCBs or RCBOs as well, so three neutral bars. The old twin RCD units now seem very cheap, as suppose no one want them.

But no SPD fitted.
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Lowest value of MCB, seems to be 16amp, and 6-ways seems a little pointless, most need a few spare ways.
 
Don't try saving money on a split load RCD board.

Choosing a cheap consumer unit from a DIY shed is not a good idea.

Get a quote from a registered electrician and allow for future expansion.
 
Well the terms "17th Edition consumer unit" and "High Integrity" where actually coined, I reckon, by wholesalers and the names sort of stuck with the trade, it was quite a bit later before any manufactures included those names and they were never used by "those in the know".
I explained to the head of a building firm after I gave him a few specs and he returned from his electrical wholesaler with the clever answer "they are called ......." and I replied "yes they are, quite wrongly, because there is no such animal as either of those names, it is something they have made up, any consumer unit can be installed so as to comply or to not comply with the 17th Edition and a higher degree of integrity of a plain DP switch and all RCBOs would give rather than your so called high integrity board, so misnomers are both" LOL - well I could not resist my comments on that occasion due to his attitude towards me.
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
I cannot see any prices on those items
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Jurassicspark said:
Choosing a cheap consumer unit from a DIY shed is not a good idea.
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The implication seems to be that Danson is a (UK-based) manufacturer, not a "DIY shed" ... and, has been pointed out, we don't know whether it is cheap or expensive!

However, for what it's worth,, I agree with the rest of what you say.
 
JohnW2 said:
Danson is a (UK-based) manufacturer, not a "DIY shed
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You can GoogleEarth Streetview the address. It appears rather than a factory, a rather run down, domestic address. Chances are, it's the very cheapest imported items, simply marked up Danson.
 
There are no prices as that is the 'manufacturer' website. Or more correctly the site of whoever has decided to import the generic parts from places far away with their brand slapped on them.

It's available from the usual box shifters for about £65 if someone was desperate enough to buy such a thing.
However - no SPD, no means to fit one either, and it's dual RCD which even for those that like such things is entirely pointless with a maximum of 6 circuits involved.

In terms of a consumer unit to install in 2025, it's an exceptionally poor choice.
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
You can GoogleEarth Streetview the address. It appears rather than a factory, a rather run down, domestic address.
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I'll have a look laer if I have time, but "domestic address"???? ...
Units 30 - 31, Mount Pleasant Industrial Park
Whatever else it is, I certainly would not consider it as as "DIY shed" (which would be anything but 'domestic property), would you?
 

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