Consumer Unit Upgraded
Posted on May 26th, 2014
One of our jobs this week was to upgrade an old fuseboard in a house in Southampton which had an old re-wireable fuses.
Modern consumer units contain a RCD (Residual Current Device) or RCBOs (Residual Current Breaker with Overcurrent). RCD/RCBOs protect you from a lethal electric shock. If you do not have a RCD or RCBOs in your consumer unit and you receive an electric shock the power may not disconnect resulting in a potential fatality.
Have a look at the images below. Does you consumer unit contain either a RCD or RCBOs? If you have an old re-wireable fuseboard similar to the bottom image then it is probably time to upgrade to a modern consumer unit. If you want your consumer unit upgraded we can do this for you and it is generally completed within a day.
RCD Consumer Unit
RCD Consumer Unit
Re-wireable Fuse Board
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