Hello
I was looking for some advice regarding my consumer unit. It looks to be the original unit from when the house was built in 1984, it contains the ‘rewireable’ type fuses, plus a 45A cartridge fuse for the 8.5kW shower. My concern is that I believe that this CU is only rated to 60A (a small sticker on the CU states that “max load should not exceed 60A").
With the shower fuse plus the remaining fuses to supply the rest of the house (ie ring main, immersion heater, garage etc), the total load could exceed 60A…
The shower was fitted by the last owner around 1992, it looks like it was fitted by the professionals as there is a 32mA RCCB fitted next to the CU plus the pull-cord isolation switch in the bathroom. However, the load in the CU is what concerns me. I have since removed the 45A cartridge fuse from the CU so the shower can’t be used until I get some further advice on this issue…. Can anyone advise, is a new CU needed here?
Thanks in advance!
Simon
I was looking for some advice regarding my consumer unit. It looks to be the original unit from when the house was built in 1984, it contains the ‘rewireable’ type fuses, plus a 45A cartridge fuse for the 8.5kW shower. My concern is that I believe that this CU is only rated to 60A (a small sticker on the CU states that “max load should not exceed 60A").
With the shower fuse plus the remaining fuses to supply the rest of the house (ie ring main, immersion heater, garage etc), the total load could exceed 60A…
The shower was fitted by the last owner around 1992, it looks like it was fitted by the professionals as there is a 32mA RCCB fitted next to the CU plus the pull-cord isolation switch in the bathroom. However, the load in the CU is what concerns me. I have since removed the 45A cartridge fuse from the CU so the shower can’t be used until I get some further advice on this issue…. Can anyone advise, is a new CU needed here?
Thanks in advance!
Simon