On Oct 4, 4:32*am, "Roberts" wrote:
I was contacted by phone and told that my fuse box was over 40 years old and
needed to be replaced. The company Electrical Safety Group gave the
impresion that they were linked to a energy supplier. They came to the house
and checked the wiring and left a a list of things to be done costing about
800 on reading their inspection report they say (in small print) at the
bottom of the page that they are not part of any public energy supplier. I
am beginning to think that this is some sort of scam. What do the panel of
experts think? Someone in this newsgroup must know more than me
Thanks in advance
Robbie

It's possible your forty year old "fuse box" ideally needs replacing
however as a minimum you need to get alternative prices from elsewhere
and another opinion.

No-one here can tell you without actually seeing your installation or
detailed description/photos, there are lots of factors.

Things have moved on, fuses are no longer used, minature circuit
breakers are used instead. Some people have the fuse box changed for a
box with these instead. They are a bit safer. £800 would be very
expensive just to do this.

If your box is made by Wylex, (most were back then) the fuses could be
removed and they make/made circuit breakers that just plugged in to
repace the fuse carrier, about five minutes work.

However don't get your knickers in a twist over the matter, have a
careful think.