consumer unit /renew back board

[colin pennington]

hi guys I need to replace the chipboard that my consumer unit is fixed to, is it safe to unscrew the plastic front cover and unscrew the consumer unit ,remove and re screw to a new ply back board (the unit is from wickes about 15 yrs old so it has the rcd things) I wont be touching the wires just replaceing the wood its fixed to ,I work in the construction industry but I'm only a groundworker ! but I do know a bit of basic stuff but any advice would be appreciated thanks colin

 

[Dave OCD]

Me neither Buzz - hence my post #20.

 

[buzzlightyear]

hi the double socket is separate to the cu ,ive got an insulated screw driver ,my thoughts are cut a hole in a new piece of ply cut ply in half suspend cu from celling joist

or the could ring up dynamo.

 

[colin pennington]

no reply to that one! wish you worked on the site I'm on we could do with some humor on site ,we got a new site manager and a new contract manager for main contractor all there botherd about is if you've got your blooming safety glasses on and don't get me started on them dam things

 

[buzzlightyear]

we are like Tesco's every little helps .not if you get a bad turkey for xmas!

 

[PEG]

I never seen a c/u board being levitated in mid air !

Seen this lots of times,usually where a wall is to be removed,extension or cellar conversion,and a series of lats and door lining timbers,are fixed to the ceiling/floor joists,above,and then to the front of the DB board.

The wall is then "simply removed",leaving everybody else,to dodge the gently wobbling fire-lighter of doom box,for the rest of the job

To the OP,there is no way,of avoiding the necessity of re-checking the terminals,once moving is completed. Maybe up the case of beer offer,and get an updated DB slotted in.

There is little chance of a worthy spark,not wanting to have a good ground worker,"on-side".

Ying and yang,bud....he may have a MFT...but you may have a Cat scanner...make friends with a spark...they generally need one

 

[Wilko]

Hi Colin - just my opinion but there's too many things that could go wrong to do it as your first electrical installation.

 

[colin pennington]

standard kit for us groundworkers my cat fresh from calerbration! yeah i see the your point about loose connections and fire only been in my house 8 month don't want it to burn down ,will have a chat with sparks when i go back to site

 

[colin pennington]

i have done a little electrical work replaced old style wire fuses for them plug in rcds ,water not a problem gas not much of a problem got sqeeze offs and you can see water leaks and smell gas but electric is different if i could isolate the supply it would be no problem ,just waiting for buzz to reply to this

 

[buzzlightyear]

i have done a little electrical work replaced old style wire fuses for them plug in rcds ,water not a problem gas not much of a problem got sqeeze offs and you can see water leaks and smell gas but electric is different if i could isolate the supply it would be no problem ,just waiting for buzz to reply to this

now where should I start!

 

[colin pennington]

seriously buzz should i leave alone its bugging me it seems so simple but you guys are the experts

 

[buzzlightyear]

don't play with it, get a spark in that's the only answer .

 

[colin pennington]

thanks mate have a good new year

 

[buzzlightyear]

thanks mate have a good new year

you has well .

 

[PEG]

i have done a little electrical work replaced old style wire fuses for them plug in rcds ,water not a problem gas not much of a problem got sqeeze offs and you can see water leaks and smell gas but electric is different if i could isolate the supply it would be no problem ,just waiting for buzz to reply to this

...Can't hear about these things,without having an image of a prostate,in me head