The £1300 AFDD consumer unit

An interesting video. I had not appreciated that AFDDs available at present use dedicated microprocessors. I have my doubts about incorporating complex technology into a consumer unit whose lifespan should be much, much longer than the typical consumer goods cycle that leads to new releases currently every 18-24 months for phones etc. Will these devices be reliable enough in practice? If they aren't, will they be directly replaceable on failure or will the latest 'update' force a wholesale replacement of all other devices (as David Savery found he had to do as the bus bar connections on the new AFDDs were not compatible with the other devices in his DB).


Despite his ribald humour, David Savery has put out an interesting series of videos and at least is doing something to advance the discussion. I commend what he has done to move the debate forward.


Anyways, I remain unconvinced that there is any need for AFDDs at all, but that's a view I've already made in a response to the DPC.


-Stewart

An interesting video. I had not appreciated that AFDDs available at present use dedicated microprocessors. I have my doubts about incorporating complex technology into a consumer unit whose lifespan should be much, much longer than the typical consumer goods cycle that leads to new releases currently every 18-24 months for phones etc. Will these devices be reliable enough in practice? If they aren't, will they be directly replaceable on failure or will the latest 'update' force a wholesale replacement of all other devices (as David Savery found he had to do as the bus bar connections on the new AFDDs were not compatible with the other devices in his DB).


Despite his ribald humour, David Savery has put out an interesting series of videos and at least is doing something to advance the discussion. I commend what he has done to move the debate forward.


Anyways, I remain unconvinced that there is any need for AFDDs at all, but that's a view I've already made in a response to the DPC.


-Stewart