On 18/03/2019 22:00, Kevin H wrote:
On Monday, 18 March 2019 19:05:13 UTC, ARW wrote:


A new kitchen is looking like 8k (units, couple of appliances, plastering, lighting and flooring). Spending a couple of hundred upgrading the CU to be future proof for another 20 years would seem like a sensible investment.

Any recommendations for which CU to choose? Also, you can't do a job like this without buying some new kit. Would there be one thing that would make the CU swap easier for a mostly competent DIYer?



Post a photo of the inside of your CU. It will help me decide which new
CU has the layout that would be most suitable as a replacement without
extending the cables.


Adam - thanks. Here you go: https://photos.app.goo.gl/3nLdtryhqLCehi8dA



You are very lucky. There appears to be an awful lot of spare cable
inside your CU.

I would recommend (if you are prepared to spend a few hundred quid) a BG
CU with all RCBOs. TLC are doing the compact RCBOs for £15.72 but I will
have to search elsewhere for a suitable enclosure.


Is it possible to tell how the cables enter the CU? It looks that they
enter from the rear. If it was possible to bring them down from above it
would help you space them out a little better and move the meter tails
across to the right.


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Adam