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Thanks, sounds like the way to go. I'll build it with informal support and checking from my electrician but without going through the formalities as it will be installed in an outbuilding (with a dedicated supply from the main consumer unit which my electrician will install) and is for my...

Sounds a bit like overkill for my personal use. In theory I could use standard consumer-use PSUs and just plug them into 13a sockets on the domestic ring, but because the kit will be used in an unheated environment and is expensive I'm wanting to use industrial PSUs because of the wider...

Sorry Steptoe you'll have to translate that a bit for me! How is earth leakage determined and when you say radials with DP RCBOs are you saying I should insist on separate circuits for each PSU with DP breakers on each?

Thanks folks.  The background to this is I'm having a small industrial cabinet built to house a number of PSUs (all 240v in and 24v or 12v out, all fairly low power (one is 24v/20a, the rest are 12v/1.3a). I'm gett9ing conflicting advice from my normal domestic electrician and an industrial...

Firstly don't worry - I'm not doing DIY consumer unit installation! This is just for my education. I want to make sure I fully understand how circuit breakers are wired in a standard single-phase UK 240v installation. Am I correct that single-pole breakers are used for circuit protection...