Old DZ fuseboards, Do they have to be removed (no exceptions) or can they be left in place?

[Ghad79]

What are the regulations around old DZ fuseboards, Do they have to be removed (no exceptions) or can they be left in place? My own thought was that they were essentially outlawed back in the 2000s but if they are still functioning can they be left in place or do they HAVE to be removed? Have taken over responsibility of some old buildings with DZ fuse boards providing power. No budget currently in place to replace, unless it was a statutory compliance issue, thats from management, not me!! If up to me I would just rip them out!!

 

[James]

you Have a responsibility under several laws, one of them being the electricity at work act.
if they are residential then there are more specific regulations on top of that.

however the basic idea is that you have a legal duty to keep the electrical installation safe.
the best way to achieve this would be to organise an electrical inspection (EICR)

this will provide the base for proving the installation is safe, any faults will be listed and graded to give an indication as to how serious the defects are and how quickly they should be rectified.

 

[pc1966]

This might be one for one of our ROI members such as @Risteard or @LastManOnline since the regulations there are different in various ways from the UK.

Here you can continue to use fuses providing they are providing adequate protection, however, what usually pushes a change is such installations normally lack and RCD protection and then you get in to problems with any outside sockets or supplies to bathrooms, etc, where it becomes unacceptable for any new work or when considering safety on periodic inspection.

 

[timhoward]

Question - do they provide double pole isolation? Images online such as this one suggest not. Or am I imagining the wrong sort of fuse board?