January 3, 20251 yr 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.
January 3, 20251 yr 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.
January 5, 20251 yr 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…
January 5, 20251 yr 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?
January 5, 20251 yr 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.
January 5, 20251 yr 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.
January 5, 20251 yr 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?
January 5, 20251 yr 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?
January 5, 20251 yr 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
January 6, 20251 yr 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
January 8, 20251 yr 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).
January 8, 20251 yr 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.
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