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New Consumer Unit in the Clouds.

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I recently did some work in a man's garage. He had had a new consumer unit fitted about two years ago. He is not able to use steps as he is overweight and unsteady on his feet. A local N.I.C.E.I.C electrician installed the lovely new M.K. consumer unit. Unfortunately it is 10 feet above the floor and needs steps to access it. What was the contractor thinking about when he installed it?



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    That may be true,

    They are sold for use with static caravans to which it seems no building regs and very little planning control applies. And in our case they are semi portable, in that when my folk no longer live there, and the house is to be sold, in the same way my son and I put them in,i.e.  with a good heave ho, they can be removed again, they just sit on the ground and the jacklegs screw in and out to minimise instability ?. 

    They may well not meet any particular standard, but they do work for the case in question of 'wobbly old folk' - which is a common problem. I'm sure there is no CE marking of the steels either - that  sort of thing only gets observed  by large outfits that can afford to have someone full time reading standards that cost more to buy than the sale price of the product, and not always then.


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    That may be true,

    They are sold for use with static caravans to which it seems no building regs and very little planning control applies. And in our case they are semi portable, in that when my folk no longer live there, and the house is to be sold, in the same way my son and I put them in,i.e.  with a good heave ho, they can be removed again, they just sit on the ground and the jacklegs screw in and out to minimise instability ?. 

    They may well not meet any particular standard, but they do work for the case in question of 'wobbly old folk' - which is a common problem. I'm sure there is no CE marking of the steels either - that  sort of thing only gets observed  by large outfits that can afford to have someone full time reading standards that cost more to buy than the sale price of the product, and not always then.


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