Old Electrical Consumer Units

Old style consumer unit electrical wire fuse box.

Old electrical consumer units.

What a consumer unit should do apart from control the electrical function of your home a consumer unit should also be intelligent enough to detect a dangerous problem. Domestic consumer units receive the main electrical supply and distribute it to individual circuits throughout the home to provide electricity. Discover a large range of 17th and 18th edition electrical consumer units from leading brands including mk wylex and axiom ranging from 2 way to 12 way. If your house is fitted with an old fuse box it might be time to for you to replace it.

To break it down simply the consumer unit is found at the point where the electrical supply enters your property from the electricity meter. Fuse boxes for homes play a crucial role in helping to prevent electric shocks and electrical fires. Consumer units are basically the modern and safer version of fuse boxes which in most cases are no longer compliant with current electrical regulations. Exotic woods high gloss polished one of the first german postwar devices produced in series germany 1953 additional rights.

Broadcast television television set saba schauinsland w ii tabletop unit with 36 centimeter screen size chassis. This involves removing the front panel of the fuse box then screwing the back of the unit to the wall. It distributes that power throughout the property and its key components main switches residual current devices rcds and circuit breakers can be according to the component either manually or automatically shut off to protect you and your. A fuse board monitors and detects the current in each circuit and will trip the system if it is being.

This would be more than just the standard tripping but rather in the form of dual protection rcd s which all new consumer units are now fitted with. At toolstation we stock metal consumer units often referred to as fuse boxes that are simple to install and ideal for domestic application.