following the tidy CU thread

[thatbloke]

looking at all those photos of 17th ed cu's and seeing how neat and tidy they all are made me think , does this look messy to you? its 16th ed i think , it says so on the box.

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[wingcoax]

Edition dosn't matter. You should be able to easily trace cables without having to pull all cables out. PS I've seen worse.

 

[OwainDIYer]

Personally I would rather have ample spare cable to move things around with rather than have everything cut to exact length and cabletied in rigid formation.

Some labels on the individual circuit wires, and a piece of trunking above the CU, wouldn't go amiss though.

 

[LoveRocket]

There is no such thing as a "17th edition CU", or a "16th edition CU" (or any 'edition' for that matter.)

Yours doesn't look all that bad (I'm not too keen on the exposed copper on the bottom of the link from the bussbar to the 30mA RCCB though). Is the R/H RCCB a 100mA type S?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I'm not too keen on the exposed copper on the bottom of the link from the bussbar to the 30mA RCCB though

The missing terminal shroud on that RCD isn't clever either - those terminals are probably easier to touch than the busbar.

 

[Lectrician]

I'm not too keen on the exposed copper on the bottom of the link from the bussbar to the 30mA RCCB though

The missing terminal shroud on that RCD isn't clever either - those terminals are probably easier to touch than the busbar.

Thats how those CU's are though - there is only a shroud over the actual mains incomer, not the split part.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Ye gods.

I assumed that the actual device would come with a shroud - you can even see the hole for the retaining screw...

 

[Lectrician]

Yea, it's the same device as used as the main switch in other CU's, and also as a standalone RCD in an small enclosure.

Bit out dated now - they have not produced them for some time.

I may be wrong, but the MCB's appear to the later version in an older CU.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Bit out dated now - they have not produced them for some time.

Probably cost too much to make.