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One of my best drunken student party memories , was in a similar situation ,
..I wend out the back door , and wondered what had happened to next door , adjacent properties
part demolished out back , could not tell from front !
Less squatters if house not intact ! Them were the days " squatters rights " .. some aspects of being a landlord have improved , but still a big gamble.
 
We used to employ a couple of big lads to smash the sanitary fittings, sinks, wash hand basins etc to encourage them to move out, worked most times.
 
Did not know that Lord Lucan was an unqualified electrician, that would explain his disappearing act being so successful. ?
For many years my nearest neighbours were aristocracy and fairly closely related to our current Monarch.
He was high ranking ex military, was never seen outside their house, but could be frequently seen through the kitchen window, slumped over over the table, with a couple of whiskey bottles to hand.
She, on the other hand, was the nicest, most down to earth person you could ever wish to meet, but extremely well spoken, and exuding pure class. No 'nouveau riche' here; this was the real deal.
Was working in their loft on one occasion, when I came across a scrapbook containing illustrated articles and cuttings, mainly from the Daily Telegraph, covering their wedding, her 'coming out' as a debutante, birth announcements, etc.
About a year after Lucan's disappearance, a man moved into the house with them, remained there for many years, and was every bit as reclusive as the Colonel.
 
update. gave him an unsat. EICR. he's panicking now, soa 13way BG dual RCD board ordered. fitting Monday.
I wonder if soon we will be able to legitimately say "Do it quick before it's £100 per mandatory AFDD....."
 
Interesting point

In general I prefer separates when it comes to most things electrical and electronic, not just protective devices for a few different reasons

Obviously when you combine an MCB and an RCD , fault finding can become a little more complicated.
Thrown in an AFD on top of that that with occasional random trips

I may be overthinking it
 
Then there's the total cost of the combined device if a section fails like rcd trip times

The whole thing is redundant at ~£300

Most of the reason I prefer separates in general for devices and equipment
 
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Interested so I had a look - the photo on eBay is exactly the same as on the CPC/Farnell website (for the part number marked on it) which is just an RCD.
I wouldn't be tempted by the listing! I wonder what you actually get?
CPC price £58 (Inc. vat). Fleabay price £114.
And a lot cheaper again (~£30) if bought from an electrical wholesaler. That's just a bog standard type A RCD.
 
Interested so I had a look - the photo on eBay is exactly the same as on the CPC/Farnell website (for the part number marked on it) which is just an RCD.
I wouldn't be tempted by the listing! I wonder what you actually get?
CPC price £58 (Inc. vat). Fleabay price £114.

The guy selling that simply combs websites for products they think can be sold at a profit. You place an order and they buy from whatever website and have it sent to you - often they use your details to open an account with the site to cover their tracks and avoid being blacklisted. A lot of it is automated by paying a few ££ for software, so the vendor literally sits back and lets the business run itself - at least they do untill goods aren't as advertised or need to be returned for any reason.

Can't explain how they managed to come up with such an inaccurate description for an RCD as images and text are usually lifted straight from another website.
 
Wylex already do combined RCBO/AFDD, DP switching and single width. Price is going to make you squeal though:

Where is @Pretty Mouth when you need a bit of banjo to make folk paddle harder?
 

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