Hi all
I have two consumer units next to each other. One is unused and has been switched off for a few years. It has the cables for the old storage heaters attached to it. When we had central heating put in, this consumer unit obviously became redundant. The 4 cables are, however still connected. This CU is also connected through the a day/night Economy 7 radio timing switch, so can't be used for anything else at present. I have had a close look at this CU and have a couple of questions.
1. The main live and neutral going into the CU from a large black, square junction box go to the two terminals on the RCD/switch. The left terminal is marked 'N' (which I presumed was Neutral?) but the cable going to it is brown.....that doesn't make sense to my simple mind....unless I'm missing something.....is this correct. It is a Niglon CU.
2. Would it be OK to reroute the cables and bypass the radio timer so the CU can be used for other things? The other CU is also connected to a large black, square junction box as well. Can both CUs be connected to this JB?
3. What are those square JBs called?
This is for info only.....I wouldn't touch any of this stuff myself!
Many thanks.
I have two consumer units next to each other. One is unused and has been switched off for a few years. It has the cables for the old storage heaters attached to it. When we had central heating put in, this consumer unit obviously became redundant. The 4 cables are, however still connected. This CU is also connected through the a day/night Economy 7 radio timing switch, so can't be used for anything else at present. I have had a close look at this CU and have a couple of questions.
1. The main live and neutral going into the CU from a large black, square junction box go to the two terminals on the RCD/switch. The left terminal is marked 'N' (which I presumed was Neutral?) but the cable going to it is brown.....that doesn't make sense to my simple mind....unless I'm missing something.....is this correct. It is a Niglon CU.
2. Would it be OK to reroute the cables and bypass the radio timer so the CU can be used for other things? The other CU is also connected to a large black, square junction box as well. Can both CUs be connected to this JB?
3. What are those square JBs called?
This is for info only.....I wouldn't touch any of this stuff myself!
Many thanks.