Anybody Fitted Any Of These?

[OnlQQker]

They seem pretty cheap and just wondered if anybody has any experience with them, searched everywhere online for reviews but the only ones I found were on the listing itself? Live Electrical 10 Way Metal Clad Consumer Unit 100A Main Switch Board + 8 MCB's 5060316232873 | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254616113914?epid=2285779946&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3b484d92fa:g:~lMAAOSw~sJgufTF&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%252B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSg3Ye8yTWgOW7pmE1t838dmF0aBHKZ7H0h8VEKu2XOeN6TNZsULVaBvo27nl1fEyXctxf60ko2%252B6iSy0dog53NzqS838N6UoRqepj%252FbsdDMIblm6FSzeLYFKsVOol%252BiEfHQoXU6d6OKfNtkq0FsBq3TgGQVBNZBLzoDZWLw%252BK1UhmTFJ4pB2VtLXMmr1nyuArnFt8N5hU5ID5k1gtXVkQLBpWJdM7fDsouO12KJEPvil2DspFa6LDD21bt9ZMssOuo2jvAxL9w3BzIij49m1jrAEfOeMJhb2GUFYvzCJbembhZ0aiKMd%252FfpswM7IhJ3EfXWXoYMiukEFSGUeZ68KSMoOB%252B3u%252BVXFminzC%252FFFycaKkj3MPel6oDjhAOxGnA6k%252FhBnzBWWrIpAxghHIkqk%252BxCqnxwTfIDHnk4LhgHos9ufAX1qHzRYJwMNqn9h0ZMYbnwv%252FOyr3Um7%252BZ37Cc1%252FcNXCHqUJQBqNq0Xx2peN6tUOJpQDvO0qYyMtH%252F3ZTaYkOaOkyVt%252Fx0QViLiZMNveCXwe8i%252Fi1r4M7jBLy%252BAxyM2yGuN%252F6gHspZ2Gq7poqmzcwDB5K%252FrqiczhqS%252FrWaME%252BMqrzI%252F%252FEIChSABOcccTdZfgOHd4omSoGU7p0i4pwU%252FWasM8oOMQwjOzyJBir3P35yyVDVzABH8cKuvkqmasN8mqQfom9b8n6vnA17UFiUKzM5AsxqgLGkv9J25%252F8VRHLCsjAXOSsAgq6y0ole%252FtkZuEKWjbL92fz4x%252B1BTGIrJPStnuhXyYZ89Lcj6RY1yJ51omoax34NOuM9kUmvDHuRS7CZR%252FFEb0C70Ilh7qqZAah%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2334524

 

[OnlQQker]

Wrong link sorry, meant this one Live Electrical 100A 8 Usable Way Metal Clad Consumer Unit + 6 RCBO's | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114777279111?hash=item1ab9424a87:g:sUoAAOSwi2FgonVV

 

[UNG]

Used a number of them but I use the standard not the compact RCBO's

 

[GBDamo]

Never heard of them or seen them.

I'd worry about being non-branded electrical stuff off ebay and even branded stuff may be knock off.

They may be 100% kosher but I'd rather let a reputable retailer/wholesaler do the research.

That way when the chinesium melts and burns the house down I can at least blame the supplier.

 

[Bob Geldoff1234]

My local wholesaler stocks these and i've used them quite a lot.I have had no call backs to them and they pass the rcd tripping times spot on (20ms for x1 and around 10ms for x5).
Quality is fine.I would recommend them.

 

[Zerax]

No SPD ??

 

[littlespark]

Advertises as 6 way with two blanks, but all but one image shows 8.

can see people complaining that they got done out of 2 rcbo’s

unless it’s the “perfect” matched installation, you’re going to need other sizes to swap out.

 

[UNG]

Never heard of them or seen them.

I'd worry about being non-branded electrical stuff off ebay and even branded stuff may be knock off.

They may be 100% kosher but I'd rather let a reputable retailer/wholesaler do the research.

That way when the chinesium melts and burns the house down I can at least blame the supplier.

Given that SBS Trade Sales have been using Live Electrical kit for their consumer unit builds for many years it's hardly an unbranded product

 

[ferg]

I've used a couple. They are fine.

My wholesaler brought them in to compete with Fusebox and the like.

I prefer Hager though.

 

[GBDamo]

Given that SBS Trade Sales have been using Live Electrical kit for their consumer unit builds for many years it's hardly an unbranded product

Fair point, didn't know that, more a point of principle with eBay rather than having a go at that brand.

I'd be wary buying stuff of ebay I'd be fitting for someone else.

A few years ago we replaced 400 LED panels that were all failing due to discoloration around the edge the wholesaler replaced them no quibble and paid for the refit, with a little bit more quibble.

I wouldn't want to try chasing am ebay merchant in a similar situation. I'm aware that some big retailers trade through ebay but still, seems like trouble.

 

[ipf]

I may have a look at them, if needed.
I've always rated Wylex as decent but very disappointed with their latest. Just had a very awkward board change with 2 existing CU's. No room to work and had to get DNO involved for various reasons.
Where the 'guts' all came out via 2 screws and neutral bar link disconnections, it's now a matter of individual item removal from a fixed metal bar, feeding the neutrals round it where necessary.
They may be OK for new installations but not for board changes and easy access.

 

[Mikegh]

I'd be wary of anything downmarket especially if fitting a lot of the same brand

There was the issues with copper and neozed switches

Very hard to get fully compensated for going back

 

[Mikegh]

Bigger operators like Schneider and volex better chance of proper compensation scheme

 

[buzzlightyear]

My local wholesaler stocks these and i've used them quite a lot.I have had no call backs to them and they pass the rcd tripping times spot on (20ms for x1 and around 10ms for x5).
Quality is fine.I would recommend them.

is that from jimmy Daley .lol.

 

[suffolkspark]

Mate of mine fitted one due to low stock of another and said not as good as any other brand he's used

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

The page has some below from WCED. I use the white cliff electrical distribution stuff in ev installs as they do a type A rcbo in metal enclosure for £25+vat delivered. Its nice study unit easy to work with.
The other WCED aint bad either. They have only recently gone live as it were and getting into suppliers so worth a shot

 

[ipf]

Bigger operators like Schneider and volex better chance of proper compensation scheme

Volex, eh? Different these days.
70's onward, their gear used to be known as Ward and Goldstone crap. Cheap and rubbish.

 

[DPG]

Whatever happened to Nettle sockets/switches etc?

 

[littlespark]

Whatever happened to Nettle sockets/switches etc?

Dunno. Last time I touched them, I got stung…

b’dum- cha!

 

[UNG]

Whatever happened to Nettle sockets/switches etc?

Bought up by the Delta group in 1982 and became MEM

 

[loz2754]

Volex, eh? Different these days.
70's onward, their gear used to be known as Ward and Goldstone crap. Cheap and rubbish.

I was a toolmaker apprentice at Ward and Goldstone when I left school. In Salford. They made other brands like Pifco and a few others I can't remember. Went out of business before I completed my apprenticeship.
Just as well really, as I had wanted to become an electrician anyway. But the engineering skills stick with me and have proved invaluable even as a sparky.

 

[ipf]

I was a toolmaker apprentice at Ward and Goldstone when I left school. In Salford. They made other brands like Pifco and a few others I can't remember. Went out of business before I completed my apprenticeship.
Just as well really, as I had wanted to become an electrician anyway. But the engineering skills stick with me and have proved invaluable even as a sparky.

A good friend of my old fella was one of the top engineers there in the 60/70's.
Started his own control panel building firm after leaving. Top fella and one of the most brilliant electrically gifted blokes I've ever known. RIP.

 

[Resu]

Fitted a few single phase Live boards which we acquired from our wholesalers while they were struggling to get hold of Hager for a bit last year. They are ok for a budget option - usual array of options for knockouts, decent enough space inside. The are let down by the horrible inner 16mm links with baggy/slidey insulation which is cut too short to adequately reach both ends, they also struggle with the usual fate of boards of that price range - MCB lean.

Had the joy of fitting a 12-way 3 phase Live board as part of a small temp site, with a generator supplying 21 bunkabins. Handled the 35mm 5-core HO7 dropper with ease but the 21x 6mm 3-core SWAs became a bit of a challenge to dress towards the end as one of the only two downsides I could find with the board was how shallow it was compared to other 3 phase DBs I've fitted. The only other issue was that the two oval knock-outs at the bottom of the board all but fell out as I took it out the box!

Glad to be fitting Hager again.