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quick dilemma, bathroom fitter i work with just informed me that the quick rcbo changeover for a light in bathroom is an old metal wylex fuseboard in a cupboard for a flat. im pretty sure that u cannot get rcbo for these boards................i maybe wrong?..........it has the mcb conversion, but that is it?
any suggestions apart from changing board as this is too much for the client.
ie, an rcd FCU to protect bathroom? also, where can i put this as there is no attic?
never done this before either.

thanks:confused:
 
No RCBO for those old boards. Happens everytime to me this one does.

In the past I have comer off the lights as you say with an RCD fused spur, but you have to watch how your cable supplying this is run as it won't be RCD protected. Or you could stick the entire circuit on a stand alone RCD, and just hope that when you test the circuit you don't find any supprises.
 
what stand alone rcd do u use?
so the cct comes out of the c/u into the stand alone rcd for entire cct?
 
i would suggest taking the circuit out and putting it in a seperate rcd unit and supply that but to be honest a board change would be best to cover all the circuits with rcd protection that need it
 
what stand alone rcd do u use?
so the cct comes out of the c/u into the stand alone rcd for entire cct?


Any that on offer at the wholesaler, usually its a brand that are called Europa

If like most of my jobs and cost has been screwed down, then it usually works out cheaper to use a stand alone RCD than to add another CU.
 
i would suggest taking the circuit out and putting it in a seperate rcd unit and supply that but to be honest a board change would be best to cover all the circuits with rcd protection that need it

not an option..................will cost too much for just a new light fitting..............customer has ruled this out, otherwise i would put in new board as option 1. cheers anyway
 
BG boards with 10 mcb's and 2 rcd's are only ÂŁ40 plus VAT, hardly gonna break the bank for the client.
 
will when you add labour, testing etc, etc. question here is,,, is it just a like for like light replacement?
 
all sorted chaps, just run it through an RCD FCU for cct into bathroom. changing the board meant changing tails, 30 meter run as its a flat..................real nightmare etc, im in the mindset that buying the board is never the big cost, its the labour & testing that goes with it, improving bonding etc etc, and the customer always never sees these upgrades when giving your price, and like i said, she only wanted a new light to go with her new bathroom!! so i gkept it to the simplest and most cost effective option, with the reccomendation that a new board for future upgrades to flat must be a consideration.

thanks all for ur input, much appreciated as im still learning.
 
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No worries pablo, way to much red tape in this trade. With customers not want to shell out money, then all you can do is make the work the safest possible.
 

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