PRICE LIST UPDATE – Prices SPRING 2016
Attached is our revised Price List and Notes, with following changes:-
I have cut back on the variety of 17th Edition Boards I offer and to be honest, I don’t stock them. Many of my customers, like myself, don’t rate 17th Edition boards anyway.
I have dropped the price of the Wylex REC2 Isolator Switch, while stocks last, after which I will not stock them.
I have changed the way I price Compact busbars, to reflect the labour content of constructing smaller sizes. SEE NOTES attached.( A 12-module busbar would now be 12 x 15p +£3.00 = £4.80 + VAT)
I am reminding customers that for all shipments, the Carrier’s Terms & Conditions apply. If the Carrier does not receive a signature on delivery, then claims for loss or damage will be declined. SEE NOTES.
The potential damage problem has now increased, due to the considerable weight increase in DBs, because of the metal enclosures, which, if dropped, bend rather than bounce back like plastic ones.
I still sell the FELO Torque Screwdriver range, which was reviewed by an independent engineer/electrician and found to be reliable and accurate with regard to calibration.
BESPOKE DISTRIBUTION BOX DESIGN SERVICE TO YOUR SPECIFICATION @ NO EXTRA COST.
Every DB I supply is populated to your specific requirements and arrives full assembled to fit on the wall, ready for wiring. Generally speaking, you tell me what you need (within my product range) and I will build it.
This has lead to many special arrangements, quite often solving problems that would occur with “off the shelf” Consumer Units. As an example, following several discussions with a customer regarding an awkward upgrade, we came up with an ON PEAK/OFF PEAK split board as shown in the attached photo. This was just a concept mockup, complete with special labelling and the completed Distribution Board is now on its way to my customer. He also opted for my SOF-16 Stand Off Frame, which, at £5.00 + VAT, solved his existing surface wiring problems into the metal box.
TORQUE SETTING RECOMMENDATION FOR MY COMPACT RCBOs.
The manufacturers specification sheet showed a torque value of 3Nm, which I queried some time ago. After submitting various technical articles on the subject to them, they have finally conceded they were wrong.
They have now come up with a minimum figure of 1.6Nm, possibly rising to 2.0Nm for 10mm conductors. I am therefore recommending a setting of 1.7Nm, which is within spec. and is the setting recommended by a few UK manufacturers for MCB devices, with M4 terminal screws. SO, WORK ON 1.7 NM AS A BENCHMARK.
TORQUE SCREWDRIVER PRIZE DRAW
Quite a few of people who read my e-mails or my Forum posts, don’t believe in Torque Screwdrivers, relying on their experience, when tightening terminals. That is the risk assessment decision they make and I am not about to criticise anyone for that. But clearly, they would not want to be included in my Prize Draw for a Torque Screwdriver Handle and 2 x blades of their own choice, so I am offering the draw only to my customers, existing or new. However, since some of them may not believe in these devices either, I have asked for customers to notify me, one way or another, to say if they are interested, so I can stick their Acc. Nos into the hat. The draw will take place Saturday 30th April 2016 ( probably by one of my 8 grandkids ). If you want in, please let me know before the 30th. I already have approx. 30 names in the hat.
SBS Dave
