New Plastic fuse board? No it’s got to be Metal today!

New Plastic fuse board? No it’s got to be Metal today!

9:21 AM, 15th January 2016, About 8 years ago 21

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Today the electrician came to do a 5 year routine test. Twas rewired 5 years ago, brand new plastic fuse board, “it’s safer mate”.shocking

Now “it should be metal, fire risk!, or you could just put in RCBOs, but 4 of those will be about the same cost. Must be done in bathrooms, you have a heated towel rail, a shower, a wall heater, lights”.

So is it safe? “Yes, unless it is under the stairs, or there is a bedroom above, or it’s a fire escape route, and of course if you have any electrical work done in the future, it will have to comply then.”

So I says, do you give them a backhander to keep changeing the Regs? LoL.

Then we mentally go through the other properties, where are those fuse boards located……….?

Chris


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Paul Shears

6:26 AM, 9th September 2020, About 4 years ago

I just had an EICR failure. The reasons?
1. One of the kitchen wall sockets is unswitched.
2. There is a small hole in the side of the plastic fuse board installed a couple of years back where a cable was removed.
3. A cable passes through a small fuse board cut out in order to connect to the fuse board. The electrician tells me that silicon sealant cannot be used to fill the tiny gap around the cable.
The excuse for not fixing any of this at the time was that the electrician carries no electrical spares. He has issued a receipt for payment and only then offered to quote for the repair work which he says must be completed within two days.
Clearly I have been totally scammed.
I cannot find any evidence to substantiate his claims including from talking to a very competent electrician. The competent electrician who informs me that silicon sealant is perfectly OK to fill small gaps around plastic fuse boxes where cables enter.
I cannot find out how electricians cover small cut out holes in plastic fuse boxes.
Thoughts?

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