Fuse Holders to fit into a modern day Distribution Board.

[LoveItLive]

Hello,

I'm Planning on fitting a 3phase 8 Way Distribution Board but would like to fit it with BS 88 fuses instead of MCBs.
This sounds backdated but the reason being I want the fuses to have to be replaced rather than switched back on.
I'm struggling to find Fuse Holders with Terminals large enough to fit on the Distributions Boards Busbar Prongs.

Can anyone point me in the right direction or had experience with this topic??

Thanks for your time

LoveItLive

 

[bernardgreen]

This sounds backdated but the reason being I want the fuses to have to be replaced rather than switched back on

How will you ensure that the replacement fuse is the correct type and not one that has a current rating greater than the cable it is protecting.

I am sure there are better ways to ensure the MCB cannot simply be turned back on. I have seen motor overload "relays" that could only be reset using a key, maybe there are MCBs which require a key to reset them.

 

[LoveItLive]

That sounds quite interesting but I could imagine them being fairly dear I will have to look into that...for this current project i'm just looking for suitable Fuseholders that would fit a Distribution Board.

Thanks for your time.

LoveItLive

 

[THRIPSTER]

Lockable cabinet?


Regards

 

[phatboy]

Locked cupboard? Locked Consumer Unit?

These sound like better options.

An idiot could see a blown fuse, grab some tin foil if its a cartridge fuse and wrap it up and re-insert, or for a fuse wire type, replace it with a nail. Sounds rather a backwards decision to me.....

 

[Risteard]

Nothing wrong with BS 88s.

Enables discrimination to be achieved as well if being used to supply submains.

 

[greasedmonkey]

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[Spark123]

Why not just buy a BS88 distribution board? They don't usually come with a main isolator so if required you can mount one adjacent to it.

 

[Risteard]

The fault of someone replacing a fuse with either one of the incorrect rating, or something which was not intended to act as a fuse does not lie with the installer. So it's a silly point, really.

Electrical installations are not generally designed against deliberate misuse.

 

[Risteard]

Why not just buy a BS88 distribution board?

I wondered that myself.

 

[phatboy]

The fault of someone replacing a fuse with either one of the incorrect rating, or something which was not intended to act as a fuse does not lie with the installer. So it's a silly point, really.

Electrical installations are not generally designed against deliberate misuse.

But where an option preventing this sort of mis-use exists, its surely the better option? Its not only the fool who did it that stands to suffer from it.

 

[Risteard]

But where an option preventing this sort of mis-use exists, its surely the better option? Its not only the fool who did it that stands to suffer from it.

Not necessarily, becacuse as I said there are times where it is better to use HBC/HRC fuses instead of BS EN 60898 circuit breakers.

 

[phatboy]

OK fair point Risteard

 

[JohnW2]

The fault of someone replacing a fuse with either one of the incorrect rating, or something which was not intended to act as a fuse does not lie with the installer. So it's a silly point, really. ... Electrical installations are not generally designed against deliberate misuse.

Maybe, but is it materially different from the OP wanting to use fuses rather than MCBs so that "the fuses to have to be replaced rather than switched back on"? It is presumably some 'inappropriate switching back on', by whoever, that the designer is trying to design against?

Kind Regards, John

 

[LoveItLive]

Firstly thanks for your support guys.

Sorry don't know how to do the quotes.
Why not just buy a BS88 distribution board? They don't usually come with a main isolator so if required you can mount one adjacent to it.

This was my Initial Idea but after an hours worth of research yesterday I was horrified to find out how much these are going for and not particularly easy to get hold of anymore.

I don't think lockable enclosures are always as good as they sound...Normally Managers or Somebody on site will have the keys...in moments of plant breakdown and panic stupid things can be done but this is besides the point.

Again Cheers Guys

LoveItLive