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Dear All who posted, advised on this question, just a quick update, the original electrical installer refused to run up and the builder brought in anther electrician, an additional fuse box was added adjacent to teh ground floor fusebox and appropriate installation certificate is issued after...

Thank you. And thanks to everyone took part. I am grateful for your time and the issues you highlighted . I will certainly look into all. I would like to think that with the wiring coming off the ground floor fuse box and Fused Switch installed as close as possible, we will be able to avoid...

Thank you, I was told the upstairs box is supplied from the ground floor box. There is no new main supply, just one existing going into the ground floor box. But I will double check. However, if Fused Switch will eliminate the need for rewiring with SWA cable , it sounds promising. Just...

Sorry for the late confirmation. The one below id the ground floor and the previous photos are the first floor. They are identical boxes.

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Thank you, I do appreciate I do not have full information. Sorry.

Sorry I do not have the answer to this question. I will try to find out but it will take time. If it is, would it eliminate the need for a replacement SWA Cable? Can circuit breaker be added if not there already?

PS Unlikely to be agreeable but is a stainless steel sheet cover is acceptable as alternative to SWA cable?

Thanks, getting more worrying. I will enquire further.

Thank you. It is not my property but I was sent the attached photos of the ground floor (main) fusebox. I was told the sub fuse box is identical.

Thank you for your response, most appreciated, even it does not look like good news. The studs are 100mm (including lath and plaster 130mm) therefore min 50mm distance reqirement doesn not appear technically possible. The certificate given is Electrical Installation Condition Report...

Hello all Can anyone please let me know, if BS7671 clearly specifies the wiring requirements for sub fuse boxes? A builder's electrician upgraded an existing fuse box of a house and from the same single main supply also installed another (sub) fuse box for upstairs, to the notionally separate...