Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same, though the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.

"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP
switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same, though
the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.



I have found the Volex equipment to be slightly more flimsy than the other
makes, if that's any help.

andrewpreece wrote:
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same, though the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.


Just finished ;-) fitting a Wylex (from Screwfix as it happens), no
problems. Case is a bit bendy, but OK.

Andrew

"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP
switch



I have used Wylex many times over the years - it is very robust.
BTW - have you had a look in B&Q, they had some superb deals on for
pre-assembled MK & Wylex CU's.

Rick

Rick Hughes wrote:

have you had a look in B&Q, they had some superb deals on for
pre-assembled MK & Wylex CU's.

Screwfix have good deals on several pre-assembled, but wanted more for
an empty MK than Screwfix did for the pre-assembled version ...

In message , andrewpreece
writes
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same, though the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.


The Wylex one is much nicer. Better design & more internal space.
--
steve

Rick Hughes wrote:

have you had a look in B&Q, they had some superb deals on for
pre-assembled MK & Wylex CU's.

[sorry cancelled attempt lost something in the editing]

Screwfix have good deals on several pre-assembled, but B&Q wanted more
for an empty MK than Screwfix did for the pre-assembled version ...

"Steven Briggs" wrote in message
...
In message , andrewpreece
writes
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP
switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same, though
the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.


The Wylex one is much nicer. Better design & more internal space.

It does ? I'd hate to see the Volex then as the insides of my pair of
Wylexes are stuffed full.
Certainly no room for individual RCBOs.

It does ? I'd hate to see the Volex then as the insides of my pair of
Wylexes are stuffed full.
Certainly no room for individual RCBOs.

I find RCBOs make the wiring up simpler, rather than more complicated, as
the live and neutral go to approximately the same place, rather than snaking
their different paths.

Christian.

In message , Mike
writes

"Steven Briggs" wrote in message
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In message , andrewpreece
writes
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP
switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same, though
the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.


The Wylex one is much nicer. Better design & more internal space.

It does ? I'd hate to see the Volex then as the insides of my pair of
Wylexes are stuffed full.
Certainly no room for individual RCBOs.





Yes. The Wylex is about 15-20mm taller than the Volex, and that extra
height manifests itself as extra space in the wiring area above the
MCBs. I had 2 volex units from SF that both arrived broken. At one point
I had a Volex & Wylex side by side at work, (the Wylex just delivered,
the broken Volex ready to be sent back). All my Engineering colleagues
instantly agreed the Wylex was a much better unit. A problem with the
Volex was that the scrap of DIN rail the breakers are on is close to the
back, i.e. very tight to get the cables behind if you had bottom entry
routing.


--
steve

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Rick Hughes wrote:

have you had a look in B&Q, they had some superb deals on for
pre-assembled MK & Wylex CU's.

[sorry cancelled attempt lost something in the editing]

Screwfix have good deals on several pre-assembled, but B&Q wanted more
for an empty MK than Screwfix did for the pre-assembled version ...


Must have been one of their loss leaders ... in my B&Q warehouse they were
selling 16 way and split load 16 ways cheaper than I have bought them at
wholesalers.

They were the same with cement about a year ago - cheaper than the builders
merchants where I have trade accounts.

Rick

"Steven Briggs" wrote in message
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In message , Mike
writes

"Steven Briggs" wrote in message
...
In message , andrewpreece
writes
Hello All,
Does anyone have any opinions about the pre-assembled consumer
units
offered by Screwfix? I'm lookng at a Wylex with a 63A RCD and 100A DP
switch
+ 10 mcb's, and a Volex that apparently offers exactly the same,
though
the
first is about £74, and the second £60. Is it the build quality??/ Any
opinions gratefully received,

Andy.


The Wylex one is much nicer. Better design & more internal space.

It does ? I'd hate to see the Volex then as the insides of my pair of
Wylexes are stuffed full.
Certainly no room for individual RCBOs.





Yes. The Wylex is about 15-20mm taller than the Volex, and that extra
height manifests itself as extra space in the wiring area above the
MCBs. I had 2 volex units from SF that both arrived broken. At one point
I had a Volex & Wylex side by side at work, (the Wylex just delivered,
the broken Volex ready to be sent back). All my Engineering colleagues
instantly agreed the Wylex was a much better unit. A problem with the
Volex was that the scrap of DIN rail the breakers are on is close to the
back, i.e. very tight to get the cables behind if you had bottom entry
routing.


--
steve

Thanks All,
I've got the Wylex: in fact, I belatedly consulted the uk.d-i-y
archive after I posted since I couldn't see my post come up, and the
discussions in the archive tend to favour the Wylex over the Volex as well,
though of course, the Wylex is a bit more expensive.

cheers,

Andy.