Some FuseBox Unit switches up but some are down.

[crystal ball]

Bur w

By being fractionally shorter than the actual span required to open the flap, I should think.

The flap is open and the braid still has slack on it??

 

[RandomGrinch]

Perhap a pinned thread is needed - 'Read this before posting in Electrics UK'
It could include helpful information - such as explaining the difference between a 'Fuse Box' and a 'Consumer Unit'!
Woe betide anyone who should ignore this information, they will then fully deserve the full wrath of Winston!

 

[securespark]

I prefer to remove unused MCBs. And why do people feel the need to keep unused ones “off”

To stop those unruly electrons from floating away?

 

[SUNRAY]

I did and there were no T&C's saying that helpful and factually correct posts would be removed for no reason.

I take it you found nothing else about removing posts either?

 

[JohnW2]

It clearly confuses people. Very simple really.

I don't really see why it would confuse them if it were labelled 'Spare' - or were you perhaps referring to "very simple" people?

Kind Regards, John

 

[davelx]

I don't really see why it would confuse them if it were labelled 'Spare' - or were you perhaps referring to "very simple" people?

Kind Regards, John

Though, IME, there are very many "very simple" people

 

[bernardgreen]

To stop those unruly electrons from floating away?

Won't they take the bus....

 

[crystal ball]

More to the point "What's that braided cable doing that comes out from the inners of the CU"

 

[JohnW2]

Though, IME, there are very many "very simple" people

Maybe, although my comment was really tongue-in-cheek - I don't really think that is what Lectrician meant!

Are these people similarly confused by the concept of 'spare tyres/wheels', 'spare blades/whatever for their tools' etc., I wonder?

Kind Regards, |John

 

[securespark]

I think the braid is an earth continuity strap.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I would agree.


I would also say it is not necessary.

 

[SUNRAY]

I would agree.


I would also say it is not necessary.

I agree with you, and so does another manufacturer as they don't fit it on an identical CU.

However without it, it's not 'as designed and supplied' by Contactum and without it's technically non compliant.

 

[JohnW2]

I agree with you, and so does another manufacturer as they don't fit it on an identical CU.

Indeed, which presumably means that you, and that other manufacturer, do not regard the absence of it as representing a 'danger'. Hence ....

However without it, it's not 'as designed and supplied' by Contactum and without it's technically non compliant.

In view of the rather strange definition that has crept into BS7671, you probably need to be careful about your use of terminology. I presume you mean that if the CU were used without the strap, the fact that it wasn't being used "as designed and supplied" would mean that it was technically non-conformant - since BS7671 now says that a non-conformity is only a non-compliance if it poses a danger

Kind Regards, John