Loft electrics onto this consumer unit?

Re: the cu, your opinion is wrong.

 

Why not?

 

EFL,
Happy to be corrected on this as I was speaking from what my Electrician said when he fitted circuits to my loft in my CU without 30mA protection )see my earlier comment #21).
His comment was that the new circuit to these newly fitted sockets needed RCD protection, so could not use MCB, and would use a RCBO for this new circuit.
SFK

 

That is true, but it is nothing to do with your CU being plastic or metal.

MCBs could be used for other things.

 

I have edited the post, please read again if you did not see the edits.

 

EFL,
Understood. Thank you

My mistake in my wording regarding the type of CU, it was badly worded response directly to Phills comment on
"If it’s not Moulded Plastic , just try source some Hagar MCB’s to suit",
which I read as
"If it’s a metal CU, just try source some Hagar MCB’s to suit".

SFK

 

But you haven't indicated the edits, AFICT

 

It doesn't matter.

The point is that someone who had already read the post may never see the edits if I hadn't told them asked them to read it again.

 

Nonsense.

 

OOI, copper or push-fit plastic?

Now would be a good time to replace the CU with an all-RCBO one at a marginal cost so small you'll probably not notice it.

 

The IET have specifically clarified this point here: https://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-matters/issues/59/consumer-units-a-brief-overview/
stating that additional circuits can be added to a plastic CU, as many others have already said.

 

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