Revo combined Meter cupboard & Fuseboard

[Evans Electric]

Doing a board upgrade today & wondered if these are common in your particular area.  

After 500 years in the trade I never came upon these before. 

The make is Revo  .  I'll do an after piccy  tomorrow if I remember .

 

[steptoe]

have seen similar, if not exactly the same,

council houses mostly, or flats.

'kin nightmare  :shakehead

 

[Andy™]

seen a similar design of board a few times but not like whats in the photo

 

[Blue Duck]

Sure I uploaded this before....

It's of a similar vinatage but made by Henley.

@Evans Electric what's the white stuff behind the main switch? 

 

[Evans Electric]

White stuff is that fluffy cavity insulation stuff ,  they've filled the cavity walls under pressure and its found it's way into the board .

New board other side of the wall in garage ,  so extended those I couldn't re-route & made a new lid for the board .

Back tomorrow to install bonding . 

I think these were fitted by the old electricity board, MEB ,  who probably wired the estate .

When you consider they would never allow any contractor's accessories within their meter boxes ,  only the meter tails .  

 

[kerching]

Only ever encountered REVO twice

they used to make 30A metal,isolators

they used to make cookers

they had a high speed boiling ring which worked via a big transformer  

When we used to scrap the cookers we would sell the transformers to the local,water board. They used them for thawing out frozen stop,taps

 

[Lurch]

Not those exact ones, come across a few similar in flats in Telford though. Been some years since I touched one so can;t remember the make.

 

[Evans Electric]

Bonding done this morning .  I thought the job would be more awkward than it was TBH ,  looking at that old fuseboard . 

But a few  crimps & Wagos  in the box & all the other cables were long enough to reach new board. 

 

[Blue Duck]

Nice work as always Mr Evans! 

What were the IR results like on them old cables? 

I am quite often surprised by the quality of old cables.

 

[Evans Electric]

They were fine , all PVC , no rubber  except that bit from the switch in the garage ,plus the usual borrowed neutral .

The Ze  was , I think , the lowest I've encountered  at  0.01 Ohm .   Theres a blooming great pylon close by , perhaps they use it as an earth rod. :innocent  

 

[kerching]

That was lucky that the DNO rocked up and fitted the REC2  :innocent

anyway, curve boards....I have fitted a fair few of these when the client won't lash out on a DP @SBS Dave board

RCBO to,every cct with possible exception of Alarm and garage main subject to,the usual

anyway...fitted one last week and there was NO connection between the metal case and the Earth bar

just saying

 

[steptoe]

That was lucky that the DNO rocked up and fitted the REC2  :innocent

anyway, curve boards....I have fitted a fair few of these when the client won't lash out on a DP @SBS Dave board

RCBO to,every cct with possible exception of Alarm and garage main subject to,the usual

anyway...fitted one last week and there was NO connection between the metal case and the Earth bar

just saying

Maybe it was double insulated,? :C

Lots of metal light fittings are,,,,,,

That was lucky that the DNO rocked up and fitted the REC2  :innocent

They've fitted the cover upside down,

 

[Evans Electric]

Maybe it was double insulated,? :C

Lots of metal light fittings are,,,,,,

They've fitted the cover upside down,

I haven't     they haven't have they ?    Lucky they were working next door  , moved the meter , fitted the isolator , resealed .

Kerch ...I'll check the next one for earth continuity,  what is it ,  the paint ?     I have one in the Evans Electric Warehousing Facility , I'll check it .  

 

[steptoe]

I haven't     they haven't have they ?    Lucky they were working next door  , moved the meter , fitted the isolator , resealed .

Kerch ...I'll check the next one for earth continuity,  what is it ,  the paint ?     I have one in the Evans Electric Warehousing Facility , I'll check it .  

They normally put the small section on the outgoing terminals, 

I've even seen them peel off the sticker so it doesn't look wrong,

EDIT

my mistake, they actually have put it on right, bloody small pictures on a phone,

Sorry.   :Blushing

 

[Evans Electric]

I have put    ...they have put the small section on the out goers Stepps !  At the top .     I did have .... They did seem to have trouble locating the four screws TBH 

 

[Evans Electric]

I haven't     they haven't have they ?    Lucky they were working next door  , moved the meter , fitted the isolator , resealed .

Kerch ...I'll check the next one for earth continuity,  what is it ,  the paint ?     I have one in the Evans Electric Warehousing Facility , I'll check it .  

Another board change today , same make , Curve , so I checked the continuity between earth bar and box .   Only using the Steinel  but could'nt get continuity between earth bar and any of the screws , din rail & front cover .     Continuity was there between earth bar & the earth stud though.   Theres a screw at the end of the earth bar into the frame I see.    

 

[kerching]

Theres a screw at the end of the earth bar into the frame I see.    

Well there has been on every other one I have fitted......except the last one!

Steinel eh!    Old School Combi Check per chance?....I had one for years until some scrote decided that they had more right to it than I did 

 

[Evans Electric]

So the screw was actually missing eh!    It was fitted on mine but as I say , no reading ,  I 'd guess the megger would give a reading .  I'm thinking its the powder coating acting as an insulator.    

They're a sturdy board , just right for a drop forging factory.

My mate likes them , I think I prefer the Eaton , prices are reasonable now .  

 

[revjames]

I thought you were talking to me!

I did encounter lots of these rewiring MOD houses in the late 80's early 90's here in North Wales