NEATEST WAY TO INSTALL A CONSUMER UNIT 

Long time late to leave a comment, but it always makes me feel good when I leave some spare cable tucked away for the next person, but I also think if I'm doing it right nobody will ever know.... Nice video, nice workmanship. 👍

As you have installed the trunking I would leave a loop of cable in trunking for some slack and cut cables short and neat in board.

My preferred method for the last 30 years, glad you’re on board

The extra length of conductors in the consumer unit is much appreciated when you come to do an EICR👍

Only thing I'd change is the band, you can get plastic coated band instead of sharpish metal edged stuff. Oh and I'd put ferrules on the fine wire multistrand rcbo neutral fly leads.

It's a sound installation of the consumer unit as long as you have allowed for holes in the back for your spare ways to be wired into

Great ideas on fitting a CU, just wondering if you took in account the grouping factor of having all your outgoing cables bound close together like that in trunking??🤔

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing these.

Another great video. Love that trick with the laser level on the saw, absolutely brilliant, never seen that before 😄👍

Fitted a few of fusebox boards last couple of years , had few rcbos stop working after 12/16 months , don’t use them anymore , nice job thou

Love this. Super neat finish mate!

Like yourself love a fusebox. I use 75 mm trunking as it fits nicely on the top the full depth of the box. surface mount the cu and open up all the top 20mm knockouts to 25 mm then slot the trunking to fit so anybody following up has full access. Use the mini RCBO's as they give you a bit more room and loop the L and N's down up down into the RCBO so there is a bit of slack for the future. Also use the flat Wiska tails glands as less bulky than the 32/40mm stuffing glands.

Not a fan of bringing cables in from behind, it may look neat but most people shove excess length and the fly leads down the back which I think is a bit shit. Top entry and loom the cables round with sticky pads and small panel ties leaves length and looks neat

Thanks for the video. As a learner, what is your view on the grouping factor of all those cables in the trunking?

Quality job

I don’t tuck any slack behind the breakers,just a little loop up and over, never straight in.

Great video. Have to say not sure if I was that taken with coming in that low with the holes. Think it will make it hard for the next phase and next person if /when you need to add anything to get the cables in to the board without removing the breakers.

Love the saw trick.

Just come across your channel, decent content keep it up guys 👍

Thanks for another great video. Nice to see a consumer unit in a practical location. Lol. How is off-peak switching done in UK? In Aus the energy supplier injects a tone to lines to switch off-peak (hot water supply) on and off and has a separate meter. The tones can play havoc with LED dimmers with harmonics / interaction with the 50Hz.

Why have I only just seen the laser level on the saw trick now!!!!😆😆😆

Beautiful job mate

Got a look of jimmy Anderson

I like to bush brass bushes and couplers for db to trunking. Good job

You cant use plastic clips for the fire rated fixings, it defeats the object.

Never understood why you guys pick the cheapest imported con unit you can get hands on. In a few years, when the agent stops importing Fusebox products and you need a replacement or additional device , you’re stumped. New con unit needed to adhere to the regs. For £50 more get a Hager or Crabtree unit from proper manufacturer’s, I’m sure the customer would pay the uplift if you explained the reason why.

where is the finished product ? NEATEST WAY TO INSTALL A CONSUMER UNIT ends 12:50 Where is the punch line ?

Knockout the big knockouts every time with the large easy fit grommet strip fuesboards higher 1400 to the bottom always I don't agree with who can do the fuesboards the neatest or artisan this 5 star electricians crap as long as the inside of the boards neatish and screws checked and tightened properly there is a cover on fuesboards no one can see the inside of the fuseboards leave enough slack in your cables for the future moving all the boards up would be major also your off peak DP switches better if they are indicated I am not saying you shouldn't care about the work you do Cheers

Why are you bunching them all together you must want them to heat up.

You do talk to much mate just stick to the point also ‘neatest way to install’ but you didn’t show us getting the board on or putting away the earths and how you know which circuit is what with no labels.