[Andy Wade]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Details he
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http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electrium/

--
Andy

[ARWadsworth]

"Andy Wade" wrote in message
...
Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Details he
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http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electrium/

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Andy

I do not think that it has been mentioned before. I did know about it and I
am not very happy. That is a lot of MCBs that I have fitted

Can I point out that the NewLec (rebadged Volex) are also affected.

Adam

[cynic]

On 3 Apr, 12:13, "ARWadsworth" wrote:
"Andy Wade" wrote in message

...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Details he
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electri...lAdvertWeb.jpg
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electrium/

--
Andy

I do not think that it has been mentioned before. I did know about it and I
am not very happy. That is a lot of MCBs that I have fitted

Can I point out that the NewLec (rebadged Volex) are also affected.

Adam

I hope Hager are in the clear!

[ARWadsworth]

"cynic" wrote in message
...
On 3 Apr, 12:13, "ARWadsworth" wrote:
"Andy Wade" wrote in message

...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Details he
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electri...lAdvertWeb.jpg
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electrium/

--
Andy

I do not think that it has been mentioned before. I did know about it and
I
am not very happy. That is a lot of MCBs that I have fitted

Can I point out that the NewLec (rebadged Volex) are also affected.

Adam

I hope Hager are in the clear!

The French brand is in the clear.

Adam

[Fred]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 22:43:42 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:


"cynic" wrote in message
...
On 3 Apr, 12:13, "ARWadsworth" wrote:
"Andy Wade" wrote in message

...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Details he
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electri...lAdvertWeb.jpg
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electrium/

--
Andy

I do not think that it has been mentioned before. I did know about it and
I
am not very happy. That is a lot of MCBs that I have fitted

Can I point out that the NewLec (rebadged Volex) are also affected.

Adam

I hope Hager are in the clear!

The French brand is in the clear.

Adam


I saw an announcement on the Screwfix web site but it only mentioned
Volex and Wylex, not Crabtree. I bought some Crabtree MCBs but I am
not sure which were bought in 2009 and which were bought before that.
Is there a way of identifying affected MCBs: do they have a batch
number or something printed on them, or am I best just to chnage the
whole lot? Is it just the 6A and 16A that are affected, and what about
RCBOs? Thanks.

[ARWadsworth]

"Fred" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 22:43:42 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:


"cynic" wrote in message
...
On 3 Apr, 12:13, "ARWadsworth" wrote:
"Andy Wade" wrote in message

...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Details he
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electri...lAdvertWeb.jpg
http://www.mcbexchange.co.uk/electrium/

--
Andy

I do not think that it has been mentioned before. I did know about it
and
I
am not very happy. That is a lot of MCBs that I have fitted

Can I point out that the NewLec (rebadged Volex) are also affected.

Adam

I hope Hager are in the clear!

The French brand is in the clear.

Adam


I saw an announcement on the Screwfix web site but it only mentioned
Volex and Wylex, not Crabtree. I bought some Crabtree MCBs but I am
not sure which were bought in 2009 and which were bought before that.
Is there a way of identifying affected MCBs: do they have a batch
number or something printed on them, or am I best just to chnage the
whole lot? Is it just the 6A and 16A that are affected, and what about
RCBOs? Thanks.

The Crabtree MCBs that have been recalled are not the ones that fit the
Crabtree Starbreaker CU (ie the CU that SF sells) but the ones that fit the
Loadstar.

Cheers

Adam

[Fred]

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:59:00 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

The Crabtree MCBs that have been recalled are not the ones that fit the
Crabtree Starbreaker CU (ie the CU that SF sells) but the ones that fit the
Loadstar.

I didn't get all mine from SF but since they were all for Starbreaker,
I hope I am ok then. Thanks.

[Andy Burns[_7_]]

Fred wrote:

I didn't get all mine from SF but since they were all for Starbreaker,
I hope I am ok then. Thanks.

Could be worse, knock-off Schneider MCBs from a couple of years ago

http://www.microwaves101.com/content...ry/breaker.jpg

[Tim Watts]

Andy Burns
wibbled on Wednesday 07 April 2010 23:05

Fred wrote:

I didn't get all mine from SF but since they were all for Starbreaker,
I hope I am ok then. Thanks.

Could be worse, knock-off Schneider MCBs from a couple of years ago

http://www.microwaves101.com/content...ry/breaker.jpg

marketing "Immunue to spurious trips" /marketing

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

[js.b1]

Schneider had their own recall for RCBOs manufactured over a period in
2003/04.

The recent MCB recall is more serious, if the MCB does not disconnect
the fault then the next upstream device is a 60-100A BS1361 fuse.
Whilst an RCD/RCBO L-N imbalance can readily be checked by cheap
equipment there is no similar end-user/installer verification tester
for MCBs.