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Am I the only one confused as to why the CU is meant to be metal but the switchgear is all still plastic?! I mean what's the point??!!
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Am I the only one confused as to why the CU is meant to be metal but the switchgear is all still plastic?! I mean what's the point??!!
Am I the only one confused as to why the CU is meant to be metal but the switchgear is all still plastic?! I mean what's the point??!!
Eddie this topic has been done to death on here for last couple of months! Do a quick search mate.
I have just noticed your signature line haha
Sorry. Ignore me...!
Yes this has indeed been done to the death, however for the avoidance of doubt for a consumer unit to be compliant with AMD 3 the enclosure does NOT have to be steel or metal simply "made of material that does not burn if exposed to fire"
Can o' worms!
Put a wylex one in the other day.....probably a good thing it's metal clad after all the product recalls wylex have had over the years lol.
Yeah I was gonna say that but I think it's a trick of perspective on the photo[emoji1] [emoji3]Did you lose your level that day Lee ?:tongue3:
Did you lose your level that day Lee ?:tongue3:
Put a wylex one in the other day.....probably a good thing it's metal clad after all the product recalls wylex have had over the years lol.
Hi Lee, did the lid have a latch or is it just gravity that holds the lid in place?
Apparently all isolators need to be metal as well as CUs, I asked the IET the other day over PV rotary isolators, they confirmed this was the case in writing
This is the rest of the house. Inside snaps are of the show home. All 9 houses are the same and are up for 3.3 million each!
Edit: excuse the fingers in one of the shots.
Lovely, I'll take two please. Those houses look like a lot of work though Lee !
Nice Lee, have you done these from scratch?
How long has your work taken per house and how many guys? Just out of curiosity!
What at happened with the original contractor?
You can discover them, even of the inside of the new metal flap!The boards don't look too bad until you have to plaster the front of it with multiple stickers of varying colours and sizes. Looks crap afterwards.
About 5weeks from 1st fix to commissioning for two men. Then an extra pair of hands for the odd few days when pulling the armoured cables in and cutting the down lights outs. Their work was gash for a 3.3mil new build and they kept on leaving their apprentices on site without supervision to crack on. The snagging list from their work in 1 of the houses was four A4 pages long lol.
Sorry meant 'hide' them!You can discover them, even of the inside of the new metal flap!
Good stuff, how did you manage to price it, was it a one off price for each house and was your estimating accurate? Never priced/done a large domestic install so sorry for the 3rd degree lol!
Excellent, that'll do with the questioning for now, away and grab a coffee sir kidding lol, would have been a good gig for the gate company as well, wouldn't mind that kind of work myself!
Do you have any pics of the gates etc, love to see that kind of stuff!
If work falls through anytime soon I'll take the business trip down south mate Love any experience that differs from my day to day work!
I concentrate as much on access control as possible as I find the work more satisfying! I also use a local fabricator for making my gates, I used to work for a guy that done it all, he was a fabricator/welder to trade so made the gates in house, I was a spark and fell into the work through a mutual friend, loved it! He was a charlatan though so parted ways after so long, I picked up a lot of work from ex (unhappy) customers of his so it worked out fine! I fit a lot of traffic barriers as well so just buy straight from suppliers!
Do you install the gates as well then?
I know my limitations though... Some things are best left to the experts lol.Well wth your knowledge and in depth working practices I'm sure it's a walk in the park lol!
Well like our wonderful electrical trade, there is plenty Electrical Trainee's in the gate automation trade! My ex work colleague was a welder come gate 'engineer', would attempt to do it all himself, was funny when I used to try and explain how relays and gate control systems worked, couldn't even grasp a normally open or closed contact, used to look right through me then have a laugh with the other welders that I was talking Swahili :stuart:
Yip but numptys who can sell sand to the Arabs will always prosper, liquidate a few companies in the process but still manage to get good work in, a good website and friendly manner go a long way........
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