I don't believe it...

[ban-all-sheds]

1) In existing properties new wiring has traditionally been concealed by either recessing walls/ ripping-up floors, or surface solutions using white box trunking with clip-over accessories.

Recessing is messy, time consuming and often demands plastering and re-decorating works later. Traditional trunkings look cheap and unfashionable. It is incredible that for decades there has been no real alternative … until D-Line!
Mmmmm - lovely....

2) http://www.d-line-it.co.uk/easy_socket.html

 

[plugwash]

1) In existing properties new wiring has traditionally been concealed by either recessing walls/ ripping-up floors, or surface solutions using white box trunking with clip-over accessories.

Recessing is messy, time consuming and often demands plastering and re-decorating works later. Traditional trunkings look cheap and unfashionable. It is incredible that for decades there has been no real alternative … until D-Line!
Mmmmm - lovely....

nicer than conventional mini trunking, flush is deffinately preferable though.

2) http://www.d-line-it.co.uk/easy_socket.html

well it's essentially chained extention leads with reduced ugliness, whether that is a good thing or not depends on the sitation.

What always gets me is that noone seems to make low profile 13A surface mount sockets. They all stick out of the wall far more than is really nessacery. A design similar to your average power strip but with 30A busbars, connections at both ends and end cover options for mini-trunking, bare flex or bare T&E would be ideal.

 

[NotHimAgain]

Well that system is not very impressive - still why worry - the RCDs will save them

There are moves afoot to bring 'plug & play' to domestic wiring - there is very little that is actually new, many such systems were tried out in the 60's & 70's, in all those beautiful high rise buildings. Most of them disappeared because they actually ended up costing more to install.

These days structure wiring (power, data, comms, video, etc.) seems to be the driver.

A post in a recent IET thread mentions a plug in consumer unit, by none other than MK .

Apparently it was a special for a developer

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I plan to connect my new cooker via a 32A 60309....

 

[comms]

plug in consumer unit, by none other than MK .

Apparently it was a special for a developer

Hager do one
http://www.constructionbusinessnet.com/electricalexplorer/news/154.html

Page 7 on the hager solutions document
http://download.hager.com/hagergrou...er_Product_Information/Tailored_Solutions.pdf

 

[ban-all-sheds]

"An apprentice could easily complete the task leaving skilled contractors to concentrate on more value added tasks."

So as if the lack of apprenticeship schemes wasn't bad enough, let's arrange for the ones that do still exist to provide fewer opportunities to develop the necessary skills....

 

[comms]

Dont worry ban, it's not all bad news.
Hager state that the unit is designed for exhibitions & portable buildings (or words to that effect)........................but how long before it's in the domestic market.

 

[holmslaw]

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