consumer box

[montybiposto]

Hi all, i am not an electrician but i understand how it works and the dangers involved. What i want to do is change from fuse to rcd. My consumer box is labeld MEMERA 3consumer unit. There is 2 x 5amp / 1x15 amp and 3x30amp fuses in it. What i would like to know is is it possible to get trips that would fit straight in instead of fuses. ( just like in wylex ) Any help, good news or bad would be apreciated, cheers

 

[JohnD]

no, Memera 3 is rather old (though I think I have seen the ones you need, with a push button like older Wylex, AFAIK you would only find very old second-hand ones). I have an idea yours have four prongs.

You would do better to start saving up for a new one. You probably have other aspects that need renovation.

p.s. They might possibly be this sort

 

[Lectrician]

This is Memera 3:

The pins are horizontal as opposed to vertical like the wylex. They did do plug in MCB's for these, but they where short lived on the shelf, and no one makes them anymore, not even a re-badged version. You could try ebay, but I would be looking for a CU change, which would not only incorporate MCB's, but an RCD too.

 

[montybiposto]

regards my consumer box...... boo hooo. cheers and a big thank you to the two bods who replied. beer money just went out the window.

 

[Click-Sure]

Ahh, itsn't it always the way!

Nearly kept some RCD's that would have been just the job from a CU change I did a couple of weeks ago, but alas didn't!

Sorry montybiposto.

 

[Lectrician]

Ahh, itsn't it always the way!

Nearly kept some RCD's that would have been just the job from a CU change I did a couple of weeks ago, but alas didn't!

Sorry montybiposto.

MCB - NOT RCD!

 

[Click-Sure]

Yeah, I know, thats burning the candle at both ends for you. I'd like to see how you'd get an RCD to work on one of those old boards!

To clarify: Nearly kept some MCB's

 

[ColJack]

JohnD, you got that photo off e-bay and didn't post the link? is it forbidden?

 

[JohnD]

how forbidden