18th edition and the requirement to upgrade consumer units when electric hobs are replaced

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GeorgeCooke said:
Considered maybe, but manufacturers instructions are guidance only and do not have to be followed, especially when they are wrong, which quite surprisingly is quite often.
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Actually, some MIs do have to be complied with.
Just about anything to do with CUs.
If the MIs say you need 100A main switch and 100A RCDs, then that’s what you have to have.
 
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