hi people Im after some advice, what options do I have with regards to updating this fuse board? its built into the wall and plastered flush, can you get a skeleton board to fit? what experience have any off you guys had with them? thanks in advance.
I have dealt with these before .......... If you are fortunate sometimes ??????????? there may be a bit of slack cable to pull enough to mount a surface board. If not you may be able to raise the board to give you a little extra depending on the strange directions cables tend to run
suppose i could get a board that would cover the existing and leave it in situ, never thought of that, cheers
I don't know how many ways you need but I done a similar one in a maisonette a couple of years ago where only 4 circuits were involved so I ripped all the guts out of the old box and fitted a small 4 way c/unit without rcd and used 4 rcbo's, worked out very nicely with just enough room.
A 12 way rcbo board will cover that nicely, remove all the cut-outs at the back with a stanley knife and if need be, wago all the cables for extra length and crimp the 6mm upwards for a tidy job at terminations Mate, ya also need to change that Avatar, Single phase warning stickers are mainly 230VAC
There are several manufacturers who make flush fitting boards (yours there is a normal board bodged in flush). If the wall is stud, and there is no steel conduit involved, you could opt to swap out for decent flush board, else, fit a new board over the old.
thanks for the replys, think i will go with fitting a new board over the existing and leave it in situ, point taken about avatar, must have been old stock.