Todays board change - 'real world' with older cables.

[Dustydazzler]

Which boards are you fitting, DD? For Hager, there's a significant difference in price. £90 for a 10 way fully loaded dual RCD board, vs £280 for 10 way RCBO. Add an SPD on the latter and you're looking at ~£370.

Metal 17th Edition Amendment 3 + 6 RCBOs Consumer Unit 12 Way | Toolstation

Metal consumer unit to BS 7671 IET Amendment 3. BS 61439-3. • 1 x 100A DP switch • 6 Type B SP 30mA RCBOs: 2x 32A, 2x 6A, 1x 16A, 1x 40A • Metal blanks included • Dimensions (H x W x D): 8 Way 237 x 235 x 110mm 12 Way 237 x 307 x 110mm

www.toolstation.com

you can pick up rcbo boards for around the 100 quid mark if you arent brand fussy

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Local Rexel supplies 10 way board and 8 rcbos of your choice for £97+vat. Which is quite good

 

[Zerax]

Local Rexel supplies 10 way board and 8 rcbos of your choice for £97+vat. Which is quite good

What make is that Gavin ?

 

[padawan]

to allow back cable entry, is the DB fixed to wood and under a wooden joist ?
would a pastic DB be a better choice

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

What make is that Gavin ?

It is BG. the new style small form RCBOs are £10.63+VAT ea

 

[telectrix]

It is BG. the new style small form RCBOs are £10.63+VAT ea
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where's this from? best price i've had for compact BG RCBOs was £16 inc vat. screwfi want £24.and the new BG busbar shield is pants.

 

[GBDamo]

where's this from? best price i've had for compact BG RCBOs was £16 inc vat. screwfi want £24.and the new BG busbar shield is pants.

Looking at them discounts it looks like Rexel.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

where's this from? best price i've had for compact BG RCBOs was £16 inc vat. screwfi want £24.and the new BG busbar shield is pants.

Rexel Bath/ Chippenham

Every week we all get sent an email from one of the sales reps with the current pricing and promos, Rexel treat BG as the house brand so to speak.
Every Rexel branch has a sales rep whos job is to work out what people want and get together good pricing. they have targets so dont be afraid to point blank say to them give me x at this price ...
For example I bought the new Kewtech KT66DL MFT for £950 Plus VAT. He looked online found cheapest price and took £35 off. was told be here in July had it few weeks back and love it.
99% of the time if i email the area sales rep for the local Rexel branch then he will beat any like for like quote. most of the time I dont even need to go elsewhere as the pricing I get in Rexel is so good. I spend several thousand a month with them as they are by far and above the cheapest in the country for Zappi ev chargers. even cheaper than going to myenergi direct.

 

[GBDamo]

Rexel Bath/ Chippenham

Every week we all get sent an email from one of the sales reps with the current pricing and promos, Rexel treat BG as the house brand so to speak.
Every Rexel branch has a sales rep whos job is to work out what people want and get together good pricing. they have targets so dont be afraid to point blank say to them give me x at this price ...
For example I bought the new Kewtech KT66DL MFT for £950 Plus VAT. He looked online found cheapest price and took £35 off. was told be here in July had it few weeks back and love it.
99% of the time if i email the area sales rep for the local Rexel branch then he will beat any like for like quote. most of the time I dont even need to go elsewhere as the pricing I get in Rexel is so good. I spend several thousand a month with them as they are by far and above the cheapest in the country for Zappi ev chargers. even cheaper than going to myenergi direct.

Looking at them discounts it looks like Rexel.

Winner?

I too use them a lot for quoted works as the can be significantly cheaper than the rest.

Reactive jobs get CEF as they're much more convenient.

 

[Dustydazzler]

For Reactive / emergency jobs the price of the materials is normally irrelevant, the customer will pay what ever…

for priced jobs / planned jobs I always do a tool station price up and finally get one of the local wholesalers to see if they can beat it

but to be honest I don’t do massive contract work so quite often the price differential is so minimal it doesn’t matter where I buy from

I even bought 50 usb sockets from Aldi once as they were on offer for £4,99 , nobody not even my usual wholesalers could get anywhere near that price

im now waiting for Lidl to do a range of Rcbo consumer units ?

 

[nicebutdim]

im now waiting for Lidl to do a range of Rcbo consumer units ?

Decent deals this coming week on Parkside RCBOs.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Probably be better than some other brands

 

[LukeD]

Decent deals this coming week on Parkside RCBOs.

I will buy loads and sell them on ebay ! Seems parkside stuff is a good earner

 

[telectrix]

nowhere near as good quality as the workzone tools from aldi.

 

[nicebutdim]

I will buy loads and sell them on ebay ! Seems parkside stuff is a good earner

A lot of folks make some nice money on ebay, but many won't feel it was such a good earner when the tax man finally comes knocking.


*I was being facetious about Parkside RCBOs

 

[GBDamo]

Decent deals this coming week on Parkside RCBOs.

They've got the £70 track saw in at the moment, so tempted but no immediate use for one.

 

[LukeD]

A lot of folks make some nice money on ebay, but many won't feel it was such a good earner when the tax man finally comes knocking.


*I was being facetious about Parkside RCBOs

Like we did not know ! But you make under £10k via ebay or social media and you will skim under the surface

 

[Dustydazzler]

Like we did not know ! But you make under £10k via ebay or social media and you will skim under the surface

The government have absolutely no appetite to chase ebay resellers / online traders. there isn’t the man power within the hmrc to go after every seller who might pocket an extra 5 , 10 grand a year flipping items.
in the same way my hairdresser has taken cash from me for 20+ years, the window cleaner only accepts cash, most gardeners I know only accept cash etc

 

[Mikegh]

The government have absolutely no appetite to chase ebay resellers / online traders. there isn’t the man power within the hmrc to go after every seller who might pocket an extra 5 , 10 grand a year flipping items.
in the same way my hairdresser has taken cash from me for 20+ years, the window cleaner only accepts cash, most gardeners I know only accept cash etc

Over here revenue just think of a number and send the tax bill


It's up to you to prove you don't owe the money

No major manpower involved

 

[Zerax]

They've got the £70 track saw in at the moment, so tempted but no immediate use for one.

I bought a track saw last year for a project at home... so impressive ! Cuts beautifully clean and always spot on to the line !