Anybody Fitted Any Of These?

[loz2754]

Volex, eh? Different these days.
70's onward, their gear used to be known as Ward and Goldstone crap. Cheap and rubbish.

I was a toolmaker apprentice at Ward and Goldstone when I left school. In Salford. They made other brands like Pifco and a few others I can't remember. Went out of business before I completed my apprenticeship.
Just as well really, as I had wanted to become an electrician anyway. But the engineering skills stick with me and have proved invaluable even as a sparky.

 

[ipf]

I was a toolmaker apprentice at Ward and Goldstone when I left school. In Salford. They made other brands like Pifco and a few others I can't remember. Went out of business before I completed my apprenticeship.
Just as well really, as I had wanted to become an electrician anyway. But the engineering skills stick with me and have proved invaluable even as a sparky.

A good friend of my old fella was one of the top engineers there in the 60/70's.
Started his own control panel building firm after leaving. Top fella and one of the most brilliant electrically gifted blokes I've ever known. RIP.

 

[Resu]

Fitted a few single phase Live boards which we acquired from our wholesalers while they were struggling to get hold of Hager for a bit last year. They are ok for a budget option - usual array of options for knockouts, decent enough space inside. The are let down by the horrible inner 16mm links with baggy/slidey insulation which is cut too short to adequately reach both ends, they also struggle with the usual fate of boards of that price range - MCB lean.

Had the joy of fitting a 12-way 3 phase Live board as part of a small temp site, with a generator supplying 21 bunkabins. Handled the 35mm 5-core HO7 dropper with ease but the 21x 6mm 3-core SWAs became a bit of a challenge to dress towards the end as one of the only two downsides I could find with the board was how shallow it was compared to other 3 phase DBs I've fitted. The only other issue was that the two oval knock-outs at the bottom of the board all but fell out as I took it out the box!

Glad to be fitting Hager again.