Secondary consumer unit instead of fused spur

[JoshuaSmith]

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 unsightly mess of wires and switches under the counter and wanted to make neater.

Can I replace the fused switches with a small secondary consumer unit wired into the ring, as a fused switch would be? Is this better/ makes no difference/ why bother ?

Thanks for your time

 

[Murdochcat]

I would not change that

 

[flameport]

For the boiler - no, as a boiler requires double pole isolation.
The underfloor heating pump really should be from the same connection as the boiler.

Shoving a consumer unit on a ring to supply other items is entirely pointless, and in England or Wales is notifiable work, so would also be a waste of non-trivial amounts of money.

 

[JoshuaSmith]

Thanks, so I should have two fused switches, one double pole switch for both the boiler and the pump and a second switch for the garden room spur.

Thanks again

 

[EFLImpudence]

Thanks, so I should have two fused switches, one double pole switch for both the boiler and the pump

Double-pole means it switches on and off both the Neutral and the Line(live) conductors; not that it controls two appliances.

and a second switch for the garden room spur.

Yes, that too will be double-pole. All FCUs are double-pole.

 

[Murdochcat]

Yes, that too will be double-pole. All FCUs are double-pole.

Not strictly true. If it’s not got a switch it’ll be single pole

It needs to be a switched fused unit

 

[Taylortwocities]

Not strictly true. If it’s not got a switch it’ll be single pole

It needs to be a switched fused unit

Pedantic, but a correct point.