Butchering a consumer unit Part deux

[brianmoooore]

e for all events, but.

'But' is the 10mm2 shower feed on a 40 or 45A MCB, crammed into a tiny ceiling switch box, with a terminal that has worked loose and melted the insulation of the cable, shorting live and neutral together.

 

[pc1966]

Whatever the manufacturers claim, closing a MCB live, against a short circuit, is neither good for the MCB nor my nerves.

Still, it could be worse. Closing a MCCB on a 50kA fault is definitely on my not-to-do-list!

 

[westward10]

I have no idea why you are intending to create an ad hoc dist board. I would give them two options, divert the supply into an rcd which isn't ideal or completely replace the board. The fact they are not keen on spending too much money would be of no concern to me.

 

[streamer]

I think if you replace the board with something like post #25 or #26 what ever the board costs you will save in time so it shouldn't cost the customer any more.