Wylex MCBs - again

[sparkwright]

I am contemplating connecting new circuits to an existing Wylex consumer unit - possibly about two years old. It consists of 16 amp MCBs only - storage heaters - some used, some spare.


It has occured to me some or all of these could be the ones that were to be recalled.

I am still waiting for Wylex to call me back over a similar enquiry well over a year ago.

I'm sure on this forum there was a list of batch numbers to be wary of on 6, 16 and I think 10 amp MCBs.

Can anyone advise me here?

 

[Monkeh]

Google turned up this: http://www.screwfix.com/community/thread/58492

 

[securespark]

6A/ 10 A:


RIRA
RTRA
RC RA
RHRA
RGRA
RERA
RARA
SRRA
SSRA



16A:


RIRA
RTRA
RCRA
RHRA
RGRA
RERA
RARA
SRRA

 

[sparkwright]

I shall check tomorrow.

I have found some at home I removed from somewhere over a year ago.

B6 SSRIRE
B16 SSRARE
Presumably I can re-use these.

 

[sparkwright]

Mistake.

 

[sparkwright]

Mistake.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I have found some at home I removed from somewhere over a year ago ... Presumably I can re-use these.

It is your CU you're adding to, not a customer's?

 

[sparkwright]

I have found some at home I removed from somewhere over a year ago ... Presumably I can re-use these.

It is your CU you're adding to, not a customer's?

No, it is not my CU. I don't have Wylex MCBs at home.

When all the uproar about Wylex MCBs occured, I immediately replaced some 16 and 6 amp MCBs I had purchased/fitted in the period specified. Wylex couldn't help me over the phone.

I brought the MCBs home and kept them in a safe place so I could find out if they were the dodgy ones or not. Naturally I never got round to it, and Wylex were supposed to phone me back.

Now I have the list of batch numbers it looks like I can re-use them in the future somewhere. I assume this would be reasonable.

I have not yet returned to my other, more recent, job to check the batch numbers. This CU was not installed by me, but I estimate it was installed within the last five years.

 

[securespark]

Is it worth validating that list and putting it in the WIKI in case somebody on these shores has not had their dodgy MCB's swapped out??