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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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"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.

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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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