Onoff Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 43 minutes ago, BotusBuild said: The best the lLlocal wholesaler could was a Fusebox 20 way. Hope its not a housing association cheapo nightmare Imho Fusebox is really good stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiBee Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Fusebox: designed by electricians for electricians. My local wholesaler had an event day when this stuff was introduced to their stock. No tradie complaints and it’s well thought of. Regarding a comment in an earlier post implying that housing association contracts are maintained with cheaper goods rather than quality. Not true in my neck of the woods (NW England) stock items and reliability are important. It can prove to be a false economy to use cheap crap. Not saying all cheap stuff is crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Not sure if Fusebox would appreciate my mods... 🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattg4321 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Nothing wrong with those mods imo. Fusebox is good stuff and a decent price. I use loads of it and have it in my own house. Money no object, Crabtree starbreaker is the best consumer unit (domestic) imo. Hager is also decent, but the slant on the breakers is no better than Fusebox (ie. Acceptable, but not perfect). Hager have just massively reduced RCBO prices, so obviously feeling the presence of Fusebox! Goes to show how much they were making before… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 03/01/2025 at 23:05, Onoff said: Not sure if Fusebox would appreciate my mods... Nothing wrong with that. You have drilled holes in a gland plate in order to fit glands. That is what it is for. At least you have a removable gland plate to do that easily rather than having to drill the box directly. My only concern for something like FuseBox, is will they still be going and replacement parts available in 10 or 20 years? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattg4321 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, ProDave said: Nothing wrong with that. You have drilled holes in a gland plate in order to fit glands. That is what it is for. At least you have a removable gland plate to do that easily rather than having to drill the box directly. My only concern for something like FuseBox, is will they still be going and replacement parts available in 10 or 20 years? Agree with that, but how many can you do that with anyway? Hager. Starbreaker. Some of the brands under the Schneider umbrella. I’m struggling after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 minutes ago, ProDave said: Nothing wrong with that. You have drilled holes in a gland plate in order to fit glands. That is what it is for. At least you have a removable gland plate to do that easily rather than having to drill the box directly. My only concern for something like FuseBox, is will they still be going and replacement parts available in 10 or 20 years? I cut a big rectangle out so as to remove the pre punched knockouts. Then made a new gland plate to get the density I wanted. I even sprayed it the correct RAL colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just look at what happened with SBS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 18 minutes ago, Onoff said: Just look at what happened with SBS! And who back in the day would have thought Memera, Merlin Gerin and Square D might become obsolete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Breakers for the SBS boards are still available under other names... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 hours ago, dpmiller said: Breakers for the SBS boards are still available under other names... DeLong is one I know of if you can get them, what else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, Onoff said: DeLong is one I know of if you can get them, what else? yep, the original ones are DL. I'd have to trawl my history a bit (did a search just after SBS disappeared) but I seem to recall them coming from Oz but also being on Aliexpress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Monday at 00:01 Share Posted Monday at 00:01 5 hours ago, dpmiller said: yep, the original ones are DL. I'd have to trawl my history a bit (did a search just after SBS disappeared) but I seem to recall them coming from Oz but also being on Aliexpress Alibaba do them but only if you buy like 500 at a time. This place in Oz do them. Don't what import charges you'd be stung for though: https://dzelectrical.com.au/collections/delong-electrical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpener Posted Wednesday at 12:32 Share Posted Wednesday at 12:32 On 05/01/2025 at 11:40, ProDave said: My only concern for something like FuseBox, is will they still be going and replacement parts available in 10 or 20 years? On 01/01/2025 at 22:35, ProDave said: I liked the old square D QOE boards because you could hot swap the clip in MCB's to save shutting down a whole office block. Not that I would admit to doing that. Crabtree Starbreaker. Can still get accessories that fit a board installed by previous owners in 1995. Are approved by Electrium to accept their Loadstar range accessories too. Can hot swap MCBs as the plug-in busbar arrangement is finger-proof. OTOH Fusebox are the only ppl to make a cheap(-ish) Type F RCD suitable for Vaillant HPs (still 3 figures though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuerteStu Posted Wednesday at 16:17 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:17 3 hours ago, sharpener said: Crabtree Starbreaker. Can still get accessories that fit a board installed by previous owners in 1995. Are approved by Electrium to accept their Loadstar range accessories too. Can hot swap MCBs as the plug-in busbar arrangement is finger-proof. OTOH Fusebox are the only ppl to make a cheap(-ish) Type F RCD suitable for Vaillant HPs (still 3 figures though). Never hotswap an rcbo having the neutral fly lead connected though.. They carry 230v potential. Can arc and give you a knock even with the breaker OFF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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