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Look people. All ive done is changed the old box in the spare room to a new box. I havnt tried to do a whole house installation. Getting on there as if the world is gna end.
 
If someone sticks there fingers in the gaping gaps in the Consumer Unit, their world may very well come to an end:(
 
Oh would ya look at that

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If this is the standard of work you are happy to show off then I dread to think what the rest of it looks like.

Just some brief points, as you wanted to learn the "art".
  1. There are gaps which allow access to live parts
  2. The ordering of protective devices is wrong, it should go from highest to lowest.
  3. Looking at this I can't tell if there is supposed to be a second main switch? If so its clearly missing.
This is just looking at it from the outside.
 
The ordering of protective devices is wrong, it should go from highest to lowest.
Some manufacturers would beg to differ, they recommend that the MCBs are arranged between heavy and light loads to reduce thermal and magnetic influence.
 
Some manufacturers would beg to differ, they recommend that the MCBs are arranged between heavy and light loads to reduce thermal and magnetic influence.

I have always been told highest to lowest, but that does make a bit of sense. Every day is a school day!
 

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