New CU

[securespark]

BAN....


5) BUY LAMPS WITH BALLOTINI FUSES IN THEM, PREFERABLY OSRAM WHICH ARE DOUBLE FUSED, BUT MADE IN FRANCE. (BOO!)

 

[Big_Spark]

In your home, all your breakers should be Type B, they should never be C or D.

What's your recommended cure for nuisance trips of Type B breakers on lighting circuits when lamps blow?

1) Use a bigger rating
2) Use a Type C
3) Go back to using fuses
4) None of the above - just put up with it

Stop buying cheap lamps you cheapscate

Seriously, going to a Type C or upping the rating is not the solution.

If I were sober i would put a post here on this subject, but brain is not functioning on all cylinders...so why can I spell??

Anyway, good night all, wish you well, irexpective of differences!!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Stop buying cheap lamps you cheapscate

I don't - I buy GE ones, OK they aren't Osram, but they do have Ballotini fuses, and whenever they blow they take the breaker with them. To be fair, they are Type 2s, but from what I read tripping of Type Bs is just as bad a problem.

Seriously, going to a Type C or upping the rating is not the solution.

OK...

If I were sober i would put a post here on this subject, but brain is not functioning on all cylinders...so why can I spell??

You can't

Anyway, good night all, wish you well, irexpective of differences!!

 

[securespark]

Is it legal to drink and post?

 

[securespark]

Ban

Surprised the ballotini fuses aren't getting there first.......Odd!!

 

[csh]

I like mem kit and you can convert any of their mcbs into rcbos by fitting the pod kit and it still only takes up 1 way in the cu giving you great flexibility at not a massive cost ( ps I don't work for mem but they were very helpful when I was doing my 2400 project)

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Ban

Surprised the ballotini fuses aren't getting there first.......Odd!!

Well - they aren't.

So in the real world, I would love to know what the answer is, if it isn't bigger MCBs, Type Cs or fuses, 'cos just putting up with it is not at all attractive...

 

[Big_Spark]

Ban, what make of consumer unit do you have?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

MEM, but it's an old one (1987 vintage), and will be replaced this year. Currently populated with Type 1 MCBs, which are even more twitchy than Type Bs.

My interest stems from the fact that I will be replacing it, so I could install Type Cs from the outset.