Wanted steeple mcb

[switch10]

Hi would anyone happen to have either a 45/50amp steeple mcb they would part with?will pay for it. Need this for Friday morning for a job and local denmans don't have any and can't find 1 anywhere else. It's to replace a steeple e series b32 which is undersized

 

[Blue Duck]

shower per chance?

leave it in, see how long it lasts!  :innocent

3871 type? CEF do a replacement for 15+vat.

 

[switch10]

shower per chance?

leave it in, see how long it lasts!  :innocent

3871 type? CEF do a replacement for 15+vat.

Yes for for a shower, b&q have been out and fitted a 10.5kw shower on 32amp mcb which now keeps tripping and used 6mm cable so now customer wants me to correct there mistake

 

[switch10]

Unable to find one you mention on cef website

 

[kerching]

Yes for for a shower, b&q have been out and fitted a 10.5kw shower on 32amp mcb which now keeps tripping and used 6mm cable so now customer wants me to correct there mistake

In that case I would be getting B and Q out to correct THEIR mistake at THEIR cost!

 

[Blue Duck]

In that case I would be getting B and Q out to correct THEIR mistake at THEIR cost!

For sure! *******s!

@switch10

Not the breaker I was thinking of (3871). Have you tried Denmans (part of the rexel group)?

 

[switch10]

In that case I would be getting B and Q out to correct THEIR mistake at THEIR cost!

I did suggest that but they have said that they waited over 12 weeks for the bathroom to be installed by them they don't want to wait any longer.  

Tried denmans  locally but none in stock and no offer to get me one 

 

[Andy™]

is the wiring suitable for the additional load or does that need re-wired too?

 

[kerching]

I think B and Q are covered by the NICEIC scam

complain to,them!

not fit for purpose, missold, non compliant with regs, not installed as per Manuf Instructions etc.  some of these may hit a nerve

 

[switch10]

is the wiring suitable for the additional load or does that need re-wired too?

Wiring is is being upgraded to 10mm 

 

[Andy™]

NIC wont care, they have already accepted them so wont be able to do anything

unless they have claimed to be NIC but they are not really NIC, then they are going to jail

 

[switch10]

I think B and Q are covered by the NICEIC scam

complain to,them!

not fit for purpose, missold, non compliant with regs, not installed as per Manuf Instructions etc.  some of these may hit a nerve

I have advised the customer to do this, will wait and see if they do 

 

[Andy™]

would it not be easier to simply replace the shower with the same model but different power rating?

 

[Tony S]

In that case I would be getting B and Q out to correct THEIR mistake at THEIR cost!

 

[switch10]

would it not be easier to simply replace the shower with the same model but different power rating?

 Again I did suggest using a less powerful shower but this was the main reason the customer had a new bathroom installed by B&Q in the first place and they would like to keep new shower , so can't really do much,however if i can't get a mcb they may have to otherwise its board change time 

 

[Andy™]

or split tails time and install a mini CU. replacing an entire CU just because you cant get an MCB is a bit cowboy ish

 

[Blue Duck]

Surely there is one somewhere out there assuming that this is a modern consumer unit? or like Andy said mini cu from that Henley's assuming that everything else is up to scratch.

Assumptions.....

 

[Doc Hudson]

Did the B&Q man leave an electrical certificate for their shower install?  I'd be interested to see what they wrote on it. I would certainly be pursuing for a B&Q refund.

Doc H.

 

[OnOff]

Try here:

http://www.reconelectrical.co.uk/reconditioned-circuit-breakers.html

 

[Sidewinder]

TBH,

I would have guided the customer straight back to B&Q with an EDN in hand, then see what they say about it, in fact I would have even accompanied them FOC!