On 16/11/2019 17:27, Tricky Dicky wrote:
This is what needs doing
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This is the corner of our kitchen and was a small pantry housing the CU and meters. Domestic Management did not like the pantry and wanted a worktop going literally wall to wall on that side of the kitchen. So the CU needs to be moved lower in fact over whatever was there when the house was first built. Got the distributer out who moved the meter to it's somewhat wonky position it is in now. I said to him what was going to happen and asked him to leave me long enough tails to connect to the new CU so he provided the two grey terminal blocks fastened to the small board which was bigger and fastened above until I wrenched it off the wall to make way. Other things that were removed was a pipe passing through to the outside tap and a plethora of junction boxes dangling off wires poking out of the wall which the guy who installed the CU you can see used to connect old wiring to new and the CU. The dangling cables you can see are my new lighting circuits and a longer replacement cable for the shower so all will reach the new CU position. All the cables coming up through the floor will be run in trunking installed where the pantry wall was take a right angle at the new CU before entering through the back. The socket I want to include will be fitted above the meter under the CU against the trunking, this is for the washing machine which will go back in the space beside everything. It is also required for the wall wart of my low voltage landing lights down the side of the drive. To the right-hand side of where the CU will go is the isolator, and for those eagle eyes among us who have spotted it is upside down I can assure you it is already corrected. So the plan is to install the trunking chip out some plaster for the cables capping off those coming from above. Pull the suppliers fuse I have no intention of working live! Whip the old CU off after identifying all the cables. Replace the CU and wire in all the circuits except the kitchen ring main, extractor circuit and the oven and hob circuits which the BCO wants to see at their first fix. I have to replace the old red and black cables to the oven and hob because I am moving the business end of them he wants new cables! So sometime during this week between medical appointments it might get done!
Feeding tails all the way through a CU is something I try to avoid at
all costs.
Could the socket really not be moved slightly to the right and the tails
fed in at the bottom left?
I was going to suggest trunking across the top of the CU and bringing
the cables in that way, but I do not think you have room. That is a
tight install.
Just one tip. Before you mount the CU flush up to anything, eg socket,
trunking or whatever, check that the lid will fit after you have
finished......
It has a lip on it.
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Adam