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EICR - Old Rewireable Fuse boards are these acceptable?

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Hi, 


I need verification that it is ok to keep old style Wylex rewireable fuse boards to pass the EICR. Initially the electrician said this was ok providing they have a cover for the fuses. However he has now changed his mind and saying they need to be replaced with a new consumer unit. Some of the homes do not have a cover on the fuse board and others have had the cover taken off so plug in mcb's can be accomodated. Is this still ok?
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    The place seems to have become run down and antiquated. Why not modernise the electrics rather than patching up the old stuff?


    Cost, but what price safety?


    Fuse box without additional protection = C3. I do not see how the absence of a cover would change that provided that all the fuse carriers and shrouds are in place; i.e. IP2X protection is intact. If that is not the case, it is C1 (with or without the cover).


    I cannot imagine that there are many circuits required in each CU (4?) so just bite the bullet and bring the installations into the 21st century!


    ETA, if you have got a brand new EICR for each home, half the job of replacing the CUs has already been done.


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    Zoomup:

    The place seems to have become run down and antiquated. Why not modernise the electrics rather than patching up the old stuff?


    Cost, but what price safety?


    Fuse box without additional protection = C3. I do not see how the absence of a cover would change that provided that all the fuse carriers and shrouds are in place; i.e. IP2X protection is intact. If that is not the case, it is C1 (with or without the cover).


    I cannot imagine that there are many circuits required in each CU (4?) so just bite the bullet and bring the installations into the 21st century!


    ETA, if you have got a brand new EICR for each home, half the job of replacing the CUs has already been done.


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