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The General
Afternoon all,
I've been doing domestic electrics for about 4yrs now and although I've done a few circuit alterations on metal clad consumer units I'd say that 95% of my work has been with plastic ones. I'm totally comfortable with replacing a consumer unit and all that it entails, but I've not done any commercial or industrial work - so I've had very little exposure to the actual 'physical experience' of working with metal boxes.
I'm hoping that those more experienced than me may be able to offer some help/advice on working with a metal clad box.
For instance, are there any handy little tools which I'm going to need to buy which will make life easier?
Are there any pearls of wisdom you can offer which might save me from a lot of cursing and swearing!??
I know that often, experience can only be gained by actually doing it, but I'm hoping that I might be able to learn from good examples before I end up making too many mistakes.
Thanks in advance for your input,
I've been doing domestic electrics for about 4yrs now and although I've done a few circuit alterations on metal clad consumer units I'd say that 95% of my work has been with plastic ones. I'm totally comfortable with replacing a consumer unit and all that it entails, but I've not done any commercial or industrial work - so I've had very little exposure to the actual 'physical experience' of working with metal boxes.
I'm hoping that those more experienced than me may be able to offer some help/advice on working with a metal clad box.
For instance, are there any handy little tools which I'm going to need to buy which will make life easier?
Are there any pearls of wisdom you can offer which might save me from a lot of cursing and swearing!??
I know that often, experience can only be gained by actually doing it, but I'm hoping that I might be able to learn from good examples before I end up making too many mistakes.
Thanks in advance for your input,