consumer unit

As I understand it, at the time of writing this (01/04/2025), AFDD's are not mandatory under the current BS7671 18th edition Amendment 3 in most typical domestic settings, however is it worth fitting them if a old place was getting re-wired, say a 3 bed semi detached house? (Yes I know it's the...

I live in a bungalow built in 2002/3. The top case of the CU sits 100mm below the kitchen ceiling inside a wall cupboard. Under said cupboard is a small fridge, thus getting to the CU requires low steps and removal of the Beans and Pasta to access the breakers etc. There is no other place for...

Hi. I'm property maintenance for a landlord, and they'd like me to research their hot water immersion heater and whether it can be remotely controlled via their consumer unit (pictured). EDIT: the property is a short stay air B&B holiday home. I've found a Shelly 16amp, which is what most...

Hello I am having some work done on my property, it is a ground floor flat converted in the 80's from a house. The electrical supply and consumer unit runs into my flat under the stairs to the first floor flat. To the left of the electrics are three existing pipes, a gas pipe which supplies...

A thought process that I was wondering if others had also pondered: Consumer units with preinstalled Type 2 SPDs have become a very common sight since the 18th edition has more or less mandated them, with almost every manufacturer offering them by default across their range now. These are...

I'm planning to build a garden room at some point and I have a question about getting power to it. I'd have lighting and sockets plus potentially an electric sauna so it'd need a consumer unit to handle the different circuits. The most convenient place to get power would be from the garage...

Hi I have three fused switches in my kitchen wired into the kitchen ring as you would a plug, the appliance as the spur off the fused switch. They are for 1) gas boiler, 2) underfloor heating pump, 3) a spur for the garden room, consisting of a couple of plugs and lights. Currently its an...

Hi everyone, I am looking for some advice regarding getting power to one of the outbuildings, it will be used as a small workshop. (around 20 sqm, lights, sockets, solar (over 3kw), some welding equipment, power tools). On schematics, this is marked as Outbuilding 2. (This is not yet built)...

Hi all I have a summerhouse at the end of the garden which has a power supply coming from the house via a 16a breaker and armoured cable leading to a consumer unit in the summerhouse. We are building a home office in the middle of the garden. I am hoping to run ( or rather have run) power to it...

Hi there, I've recently renovated my bathroom including removing the old 10.5kw electric shower. The cable is still in place as impossible to remove. The cable from shower to isolator is disconnected and the mcb is switched off (taped down so no one switches on). When you test it the earth wire...

Hey there! A few weeks ago I posted on this forum asking for advice on converting my existing split-load Hager consumer unit to an all RCBO consumer unit. Huge shoutout to the folks who provided some helpful feedback and shared their wisdom on competencies and qualifications. Your input was...

Hi DIYers! I just moved in and I needed additional breakers in the Hager Consumer unit (VECOS33-6H), but there was no space and no way to replace the unit with a larger one. Since it's a split unit, I freed up space for additional breakers by replacing the existing ones with RCBOs and removing...

Hello! I want to have my consumer unit replaced and have already bought a new 10 way Fusebox CU with surge protection, 6 mini RCBOs, 4 blank modules and an intumescent strip in readiness for an electrician to install. However, I'm looking for advice from professional electricians only please...

I'm about to start the process of refreshing my single detached garage. Currently the power to the garage is supplied from an RCBO in the house, via SWA to an old metal clad isolator (FCU?) similar to this: Which then feeds out to a couple of lights and a double socket. The plan is to fit a...

Hi I’m due to move into a 3 bedroom flat in a few weeks. Im thinking of replacing a CU that has off-peak supply with 3 mcb’s, no RCD, for 3 storage heaters. There is a separate CU for everything else in the flat. I want to add two more storage heaters (Dimplex Quantum), and there is space on...

Hi, id like to have a new consumer unit fitted , but i think i need an isolator upstream of the consumer unit(outside next to meter i think??) so the consumer unit can made safe. Is this right?. There is currently a 80amp fuse , but im thinking this cant be the actual isolator?. If i need one...

Hi, Looking for some information on powering a log cabin but also a garage which is between the cabin and house. My intention is to run armoured cable to the pod via the garage. Once finished I will get an electrician to check, test and connect to the consumer unit. So the question is what...

Hi All, New to the forum, looking for some advice. I'm a fairly competent DIYer and have completed some other minor electrical stuff recently... I'm looking to install some outdoor lights in my new house as currently have none. There is no existing lighting circuit outside or sockets, however...

Hi I currently have a supply running from my house to my New Garage that is fitted with a Garage consumer unit , and is fed by SWA cable buried at the appropriate depth. At the time of installation , the SWA was run through an empty garage of mine , which currently has now power at all. Is...

I've just viewed a house to possibly purchase, am I correct to think it needs a new consumer unit ? Switches / sockets looks modern but how do I onow if it needs total re-wring ? Cheers