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Stockists of Old Range Electrical Equipment
Just wonder if anybody knows of any electrical factors that tend to
carry stocks of older equipment. I have a Crabtree consumer unit, fitted about 8 years ago, and want to fit two new circuits. Speaking to Crabtree, the current MCB's should fit but are not directly interchangable so it sounds like a bodge. What are the chances of getting Crabtree MCB's from obsolete stock? I am in Herts. Kevin |
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Stockists of Old Range Electrical Equipment
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"Kev" writes: Just wonder if anybody knows of any electrical factors that tend to carry stocks of older equipment. I have a Crabtree consumer unit, fitted about 8 years ago, and want to fit two new circuits. Speaking to Crabtree, the current MCB's should fit but are not directly interchangable so it sounds like a bodge. What are the chances of getting Crabtree MCB's from obsolete stock? I am in Herts. Phone around electrical wholesalers in your area. Often you can find one which has stock on the shelf which has not been manufactured for 10 years. In the case of a chain, if you want a large enough quantity, they will sometimes go to the effort to rain in stock from other warehouses. I wanted a significant number of MK logic (not logic plus) double sockets a couple of years after MK stopped making them, and ERD were excellent at this, and managed to locate enough stock across all their warehouses. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Stockists of Old Range Electrical Equipment
Kev wrote:
Just wonder if anybody knows of any electrical factors that tend to carry stocks of older equipment. I have a Crabtree consumer unit, fitted about 8 years ago, and want to fit two new circuits. Speaking to Crabtree, the current MCB's should fit but are not directly interchangable so it sounds like a bodge. What are the chances of getting Crabtree MCB's from obsolete stock? I am in Herts. Not sure whether how appropriate it is to suggest ebay as a source for electrical kit, but worth looking maybe? Eg: http://tinyurl.com/8dd6b (or http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MEM-20-AMP-FUSE-OBSOLETE-NEW_W0QQitemZ6025999218QQcategoryZ3188QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem): this obviously isn't the item you want, but the sellet seems to have various obsolete Crabtree stuff so might be worth making contact? Cheers David |
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