Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by Screwfix?

TIA

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On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:20:07 +0100, F wrote
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Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by Screwfix?

TIA



MK are the best, regardless of who sells them.

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:20:07 +0100, F wrote
(in article ):

Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by
Screwfix?

TIA



MK are the best, regardless of who sells them.


I would buy Crabtree out of those options. My personal preference is to find
a supplier with CLICK CUs. All the space you need for the cables and a free
hand as to how you set up the RCD if it is a split load.

Adam

Adam

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 00:53:12 +0100, ARWadsworth wrote
(in article ) :


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:20:07 +0100, F wrote
(in article ):

Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by
Screwfix?

TIA



MK are the best, regardless of who sells them.


I would buy Crabtree out of those options. My personal preference is to find
a supplier with CLICK CUs. All the space you need for the cables and a free
hand as to how you set up the RCD if it is a split load.

Adam

Adam



All of the manufacturers sell preconfigured split units.

Some come just with the incomer and an RCD and bus bars precut which forces
the user into a certain configuration - rather stupid really. Almost a
stupid as the bundle deals which also include a selection of MCBs and which
are almost certainly not going to be the right ones.

The quality manufacturers also sell empty units with just the DIN rail and a
full length bus bar plus internal tails. The user is then free to install
the configuration of his choice..

The message
from F contains these words:

Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by Screwfix?

I started a thread on much the same subject earlier this year. (I can't
now recall the subject line but I think there was a pun in there
somewhere).

After much deliberation I opted for MK and so far at least I have had no
reason to doubt my choice.

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Roger Chapman

In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
Some come just with the incomer and an RCD and bus bars precut which
forces the user into a certain configuration - rather stupid really.
Almost a stupid as the bundle deals which also include a selection of
MCBs and which are almost certainly not going to be the right ones.

The quality manufacturers also sell empty units with just the DIN rail
and a full length bus bar plus internal tails. The user is then free
to install the configuration of his choice..

I bought a Crabtree off Ebay and am very pleased with it - easy to wire,
etc, and looks good. But not much experience of other makes.
There was a package of MCBs with it, but the vendor allowed those to be
swapped for whatever you required or added to at a fixed price per MCB.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
MK are the best, regardless of who sells them.

Hmm. To me they're merely the MS of electrical accessories.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:30:23 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote
(in article ):

In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
MK are the best, regardless of who sells them.

Hmm. To me they're merely the MS of electrical accessories.



Can't be. The guarantee's 20 years, not 20 minutes....

For MS, even that's a challenge.....

F wrote:
Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by Screwfix?

TIA

a more important choice is whether you go for one switch one rcd on
your split CU or 2 switches and RCBOs.

NT

F wrote:
Anyone got any views on MK v Wylex v Crabtree v Marbo as sold by Screwfix?

TIA

a more important choice is whether you go for one switch one rcd on
your split CU or 2 switches and RCBOs.

and whether your installation is TT or not, which changes the picture.


NT

In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
Hmm. To me they're merely the MS of electrical accessories.



Can't be. The guarantee's 20 years, not 20 minutes....

Does that mean they hold stocks of all their 20 year old products so it
may be replaced with an identical one? If they simply replace it with
their latest version it won't match the rest...

FWIW, don't think I've ever had a reputable make accessory fail - ever.
Unless abused in some way, of course.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:36:34 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote
(in article ):

In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
Hmm. To me they're merely the MS of electrical accessories.



Can't be. The guarantee's 20 years, not 20 minutes....

Does that mean they hold stocks of all their 20 year old products so it
may be replaced with an identical one? If they simply replace it with
their latest version it won't match the rest...

One wonders. I've never had to invoke the MK guarantee.




FWIW, don't think I've ever had a reputable make accessory fail - ever.
Unless abused in some way, of course.



I have had failures with Crabtree and Wylex products, which is why I won't
use them.

In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
FWIW, don't think I've ever had a reputable make accessory fail - ever.
Unless abused in some way, of course.

I have had failures with Crabtree and Wylex products, which is why I
won't use them.

When I was active in the installation game I used Crabtree near
exclusively and never had a failure. Of course that was many years ago and
things may have changed. But a 20 year warranty from them wouldn't have
cost them anything. ;-)

I wonder just how many would take up (or even know about) a warranty that
long? And would the contractor still be in business? And would you still
have the receipt? ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
Andy Hall writes:
On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:36:34 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote
(in article ):

FWIW, don't think I've ever had a reputable make accessory fail - ever.
Unless abused in some way, of course.

I recently replaced an MK lightswitch which failed.
However, at 51 years old, I don't think it owed anyone
anything, and it was the first and so far the only one
of some ~15 of the same age which has failed.

I have had failures with Crabtree and Wylex products, which is why I won't
use them.

Wylex CU died at about 40 years old, and was the first
wiring accessory in the installation to fail. (Bad contact
on one of the fuse carrier prongs overheated and damaged
all the nearby bakalite and wiring insulation, although
I spotted it before it failed catastrophically.)

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wrote:

a more important choice is whether you go for one switch one rcd on
your split CU or 2 switches and RCBOs.

Or even two RCDs! ;-) (TT installs)

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Cheers,

John.

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