Domestic Cu's

[hoppy]

Hi Guys,

just wondered what everyone thought was the best domestic consumer unit in your experience and what would you put in your house.

Looking to re-wire my house and don't know whether to go with wylex or mk.

thanks

Craig

 

[telectrix]

wylex are good units, only thing about them i don't like is the rats nest of tails main sw to rcds

 

[somersetsparks]

Always use wylex on SPN boards and small TPN DB's, find them pretty good. The only thing that gets me which seems to be sorted now, was they multitude of slightly different MCBs they made, made them look untidy and covers hard to fit. However fitted one the other day and the breakers seemed to be excellent and very well designed!

Never used MK, but have just bought one to use for myself, the only reason being I got everything very cheap on ebay!

 

[Johnny-G]

Hager for me.

 

[not clever]

Hager as the pricey option or BG as the cheep option since the wylex recall fiasco.

 

[somersetsparks]

Never fitted SPN hager boards but found there TPN ones very good - plenty of room and look pretty good as well.

 

[tuckermot]

Hi
Wylex are ok and good for price but when terminating cables into the top of breakers its easy not to nip the cable properly as they are are not very deep !!!..I like mk they are same price and just feel better quality but breakers allways seemed a bit on the pxss (lean to one side when puting the cover on )

Rich

 

[mickytuff]

wylex boards are very good, in my house i'd fit rcbo's but the mcb split boards are perfectly fine, cheap too bout 80 quid for board and 10 breakers of your choice

 

[telectrix]

better room in the chnt boards with the solid links, and a 1 way, non RCD N terminal thrown in. some mayt knock them, but they are to BS. and good value.

 

[Short Circuit]

i agree that the Wylex are the better option. Like telectrix say's, the tails inside leave a little to be desired. Not too keen on the MK ones, fitted a load a while back and found it difficult to get behind the MCB's where the cable enters from the bottom of the board!

There are always offers on with the Wylex too which makes them good value! Then the added bonus that many places stock them so extra breakers etc are easy to get your hands on! Not sure about where you live, but here not many of the wholesalers stock the MK ones

The only point i am not keen on with them, is how easy it is to miss the actual bus bar when tightening the MCB's in the bottom! TonyMc showed me a good trick using an old car mirror the other week to check them - much better than lying on the floor trying to look up!

 

[sparky3366]

proteus anyone?

 

[Superspark23]

Square D. Theyre the dogs danglies, if you use RCB you have like 1.5cm of room, no raised din rail, back entry is allmost imposible to work with i'd recomend you use them lol. Wylex are ok, the breakers used to allways look wonkey to me no matter how hard you try to get them to sit straight, Eaton board are my Favourite

 

[PC Electrics]

The new hager boards are my choice.
i used a Wylex last week for reduced cost. OK but not as robust as the Hager.
Also not so keen on anything Electrium since the recall.
I've used a few MK and like them overall, but find the Hager better value for the quality.

 

[pushrod]

When you buy a new wylex CU with all the mcbs etc already in place immediately check the plastic supports that hold the DIN rail they are very weak and are often cracked if it has been at all roughly handled. I have had to take several back and now always open the box straight away.

 

[Phil]

i got a orange shed special supplied to fit the other month. £50 fully loaded. cracking board for the money same as the BG 10 way. plenty of room and looked quite good up on the wall

 

[PJK]

I have been fitting a few Contro lGear units lately, they are a bit cheaper than others and do the job okay. But I am about to replace an older Merlin Gerin unit in my own house to 17th split board and have opted for Hager. A bit more expensive, but very neat and I particularly like they way they acheive the IP4X for the horizontal top surface.

 

[telectrix]

i like the contactum CUs, but they change the profile of the breakers every lunch time so you end up with 3 different styles of MCB in the board. looks totally unprofessional. ( and if i've spelt that correctly, i've not had enough)

 

[SMB]

Laugh.

Swig.


No one has mentioned Crabtree Starbreakers?

 

[telectrix]

funny you should say that. got a starbreaker board cheap, fully loaded, £10, going to fit at home when i can get round to it.

 

[SMB]

Was it off ebay?

Did you buy a Fluke meter whilst you were at it?

 

[marcusone]

MK all the way for me unless a little tight for space and then I use Wylex. Forget bringing tails in from the bottom and up behind the main switch. No room and a mass of RCD cables in the way. Apart from that they are a sturdy board.
Fitted a Crabtree once.
Fitted a Control Gear once.

 

[telectrix]

Was it off ebay?

Did you buy a Fluke meter whilst you were at it?

no and no.

 

[Giovanni]

Wylex or Volex normally in that order....And Megger all the way! ( oh and cadbury giant buttons.....or Revels..in that order whilst fitting it)

 

[danzor]

Hager or Wylex, the worst has to be CEF's own - MCG CU are awful

 

[domestic spark]

WYLEX all the way!! Great boards i love em, hope this helps!

 

[Amp David]

The last few I have done are MK CUs with RCBOs. Load of room in there too for bringing in 25mm tails and the plastic is solid