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Found what this board SHOULD look like. I'm just wondering if I should just get one of these, rip the inards out of both, and put the inards of this one into the one in the wall, and not faff about trying to rewire or understand the mess.
Is that an official 'publicity' shot? If so and that's the best they could get things to fit then that's not a great advertisement - worse than the MK lean!

Might well be the best way to resolve what's there given the limitations of replacing it... Though some RCBOs for at least some circuits sounds like a good idea too.

If that's difficult (not sure what their availability of Type A stuff is), then (Tin hat time) - other than perhaps not being able to rely on 16kA breaking current - are there really any risks in replacing it all with another brand of matched switchgear that has been type tested together - I doubt the enclosure it is in makes much difference in terms of safety...
 
Is the second rcd still there somewhere, or has it been binned? Id have no issue with crimping the tails with a hydraulic crimper and heat sleeve, and refitting the second rcd and putting it back to standard, but remember the downstream mcbs shouldn't exceed the rating of the rcd anymore if its got a bigger main fuse in, and really we all ought to be fitting type A rcds too now (can't see what type that one is) personally I'd have the whole thing in the bin and start again.
 

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