what is your preferred brand of consumer unit?

[sjhall]

Bg .....£50 fully loaded from B&Q .... Not has any probs other than their a bit on the big side.

 

[stu_guy]

contactum all the way quiality at a good price

 

[SparkyDips]

Protek and Doepke are the nuts!!

 

[Eco Chap]

Hager for me, never had any issues with breakers/rcd , look and feel like good quality + we get good prices at our local cef

 

[telectrix]

professional electrician has got a review of the BG CU. it's a good review.

 

[Amp David]

What ever suits the budget of the job.

I will however never ever use CED, cheap fully loaded MK and CPN.

 

[Dcf]

Hager for me, never had any issues with breakers/rcd , look and feel like good quality + we get good prices at our local cef

I rate hager as well never had a faulty mcb or rcbo for that matter yet.their tp boards are well thought out too.
i used to like merlin gerin and memshield 2 single phase boards as well but they were pricy.
i fitted a memshield 3 single phase 10 way and a matching enclosure for contactors last year
a rcbo for this baby was 57quid plus vat! Talk about pricing yourself out the market eaton.good quality tho.crabtree aren't bad but I don't really fit it much.big up to the proteus tho NOT!

 

[baldelectrician]

I used to use MK until I got poor quality MCB's 3-4 years ago.

Went to look about and tried Hager. Never looked back.

They are slightly dearer than others but they are designed well

As far as Proteus goes they are from CEF (Check Everything First), almost all the faulty RCD's I come across are Proteus or old MK 1980's range.

 

[jpm646]

I think hager have gone down hill flimsy boards n just low quality, except the breakers and RCD's I prefer Wylex they well built n good quality

 

[baldelectrician]

I like Hager for quality, as far as Wylex goes I keep a copy or 2 of the product recall in the van and use it to show customers why I don't buy electrium

I have seen the new Wylex boards but I just can't trust them when they sell their souls to B&Q / Screwfix / Toolstation

As Hager is only available readily through the wholesale network jo public finds it less easily

 

[Webbie]

I always fit MK, buy a job lot at a time and get them at a decent rate!

 

[mr murdock]

found the case to be brittle and that put me off

 

[mr murdock]

professional electrician has got a review of the BG CU. it's a good review.

I wonder what board they were given to review as recently there has been lots of reported faults on here in relation to BG boards- to be honest i have found them to be a solid board in the past so this is a worry.


Personally I like Contactum and for a budget range Europa baords as these are flexible and i've never had any issues whith them. We were stuck for a 63A breaker last friday evening and needed the job fininshed promto due to the bank holiday, our wholesaler called europa and they managed to post it completely free to site so we could get it finished saturday morning - now that is service!

 

[Rockingit]

Hager are generally my favourite, but I'd love to strangle the designer that located the RHS front panel securing screw hole so that it interferes the meter tails..

Sorry chap, I do believe that I'm at the front of that queue.......

(only on their straight boards though, the twin layer one is a dream!)

 

[SparkyBrad]

MK sentry dual RCD boards from toolstation, £75 with 10 mcbs. No messing around.

only downside in when you have to swap main switch to other side, stickers won't fit!

Wylex are good too, but they just look a bit old fashioned.

 

[huntos33]

Wylex for me, mk sentry boards are in my local wholesaler ( can we name names ? or is that a slap on the wrist) with 10 mcbs 55 + vat cheap as chips

 

[highspark]

Chint. Really good boards. Had no problems except the fact you can't get them Anywhere in Liverpool at the moment, as they have been used by all us sparks and can't keep up with the demand!

 

[ANDY FIRST]

Wyleeex!!!

 

[fulla]

used bg for my last 5 jobs, wont be using them anymore, mcb screws seem to strip threads before their really tight, and screws in the neutral and earth bars are sometimes very tight and screw heads round off

 

[cogsey133]

anything the budget dictates.....but will never use proteus again since i got into a scrap with the rep at cef. The rep said i fitted the board incorrectly and there was no problem with their gear!

 

[lefty10]

Hager all the way, then MK.

Hager TP boards are outstanding and look good so you dont always need to hide them in cupboards

 

[Bloggs96]

Hager all the way for me too! I have fitted a fair few now and even in college using the MK and Wylex, I find the Hager are nicely designed, Well constructed and great value for money. The breakers are very reliable and RCD's RCBO's etc. I even now have changed over to all hager grid system, and hager sockets and switches. fantastic quality and a much better socket than the similar MK ones.

 

[hillbillie]

Hager TP boards are outstanding and look good so you dont always need to hide them in cupboards

I replaced a d/b with a Hager TP&N in January and kept on going back to admire it. Lovely, with a glass front and all that!

Their single phase stuff is a bit flimsy compared to their 3 phase boards but as Hager do 10KA mcbs (and 15 KA mcbs so someone from edmundson electrical told me last week, though I've never seen them) they can be useful when 6KA isn't enough.

 

[daytona600]

abb vast range

 

[Groucho Mace]

Crabtree Starbreaker every time, stock all mcb's/rcbo's never been called back. Stick to one make so if I ever go back to do more work I already have the Mcb's. I also stock over 100 other mcb's!!
I cant fault these boards.
In the past I have tried all boards and have had various probs, one brand I havent been able to bring myself to try is Chint, my clients wouldn't entertain it!

 

[ALD]

Contactum every time.

 

[fjr1300]

Shame that Schneider don't do the Duoline XE in the UK - its so easy to use

Appareillage Duoline - Vidéo - Schneider Electric

Lee

 

[REIBURN]

wylex or british general

 

[crooky-spark]

I was always a Wylex man. I love'd the space in the CU's. One of those brands you alwys see a deal on as well. Then for most of last year my local wholesaler had a deal on Hager board. Fell in love with the CU (how sad is that). How bad did I feel when at the turn of the year they started deals on the MK one. Oh god! Never again. Shocking board.
Back to Wylex for me.

 

[Jimmy Boy]

I don't pay for the gear so my view is screwed, all my stuff is MK, it's clearly not as good as it used to be, even I have noticed the termination screws fall apart as soon as look at them.