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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 140526" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>In an ideal world you would make it accessible, certainly on a new build.</p><p></p><p>But back to the real world. This consumer unit is already too high up. There are already kitchen units blocking access. So what do you do?</p><p></p><p>If money were no object, pay to relocate the incoming supply, meter and CU somewhere completely different so the customer could have the kitchen they want, AND the CU would be fully accessible.</p><p></p><p>I though not.</p><p></p><p>So in the real word, you have to make the best of a bad job, hence I suggested remove the kitchen wall units, replace the CU and put it right up tight against the ceiling. So when, inevitably, the wall cupboards are put back, you can at least see it, and get to it to reset the trips.</p><p></p><p>NOT perfect, but the best of a bad job.</p><p></p><p>If you are going to go down the "must be accessible" route, then you would be advising the customer (who is already upset about the state of things) that an expensive CU and meter move is required and there is no other option.</p><p></p><p>Of course if you took that stance, you wouldn't get the job, another "cheaper" sparky would get the job (to keep the CU where it is)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 140526, member: 6969"] In an ideal world you would make it accessible, certainly on a new build. But back to the real world. This consumer unit is already too high up. There are already kitchen units blocking access. So what do you do? If money were no object, pay to relocate the incoming supply, meter and CU somewhere completely different so the customer could have the kitchen they want, AND the CU would be fully accessible. I though not. So in the real word, you have to make the best of a bad job, hence I suggested remove the kitchen wall units, replace the CU and put it right up tight against the ceiling. So when, inevitably, the wall cupboards are put back, you can at least see it, and get to it to reset the trips. NOT perfect, but the best of a bad job. If you are going to go down the "must be accessible" route, then you would be advising the customer (who is already upset about the state of things) that an expensive CU and meter move is required and there is no other option. Of course if you took that stance, you wouldn't get the job, another "cheaper" sparky would get the job (to keep the CU where it is) [/QUOTE]
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