Single phase board with rcbo's

[Sparky92]

Iv got 14 single phase 20way boards to fit all with rcbos, Iv done 4 already and want to know if anyone has a better way to terminate the conductors to make it look tidyer.

http://s5.postimg.org/ipxzyhn87/DSC_0231.jpg

 

[Leesparkykent]

Dress the cables neatly. How comes no trunking on the cables that are top entry?

 

[davesparks]

Dress the cables neatly, take a bit of time to do the job to a good standard instead of that mess.
Cleat the SWA so that the gland isn't stressed like that
Put the RCBO earths in the right places

 

[Sparky92]

No trunking as the cables are getting boxed in.

 

[GMES]

I would also put some female brass bushes on those males to avoid nicking those singles coming in from the grid switch.

 

[Sintra]

Take a bit of time to dress the cables properly. That lot looks like it's been bunged together in a hurry. Why is the SWA entering the cu at a 30 degree angle?
Strip of all the outer sheathing on the twins then separate the cables into groups of cpc's, neutrals and lives. Terminate all cpc's followed by neutrals then lives.

 

[Hellmooth]

Surely you can see that's a mess? Armour is poorly terminated, the rest isn't much better, would only take seconds more to get the conductors the same length and swung in at the same angles.

 

[Andy78]

I agree that the SWA is not just messy but likely to be stressing the board case and the SWA strands in the gland. A proper dressed bend is needed before re-glanding it.

 

[Dave OCD]

Although this isn't an RCBO board, here's an example of one of my boards done a couple of years back, this isn't perfect and I knocked one of the lives out of straight before taking the picture but the job took an hour and a half start to finish [apart from testing], someone got let down by their usual sparks and the place was being let two days later so I ended up doing this at 8pm on a Friday night !

 

[telectrix]

Dress the cables neatly, take a bit of time to do the job to a good standard instead of that mess.
Cleat the SWA so that the gland isn't stressed like that
Put the RCBO earths in the right places

and ferrule the ends.