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04/05/2008, 15:33 melmoth Joined on 22/12/2006 Posts 21 Putting in own electrics I'm considering putting in a new consumer unit and have a choice - I have a good electrician who will put one ine in with breakers etc or I can do it myself - can anyone tell me how practicable this is? For instance whilst replacing some wiring a couple of years ago I got a shock which I'm told shouldn't have happened and that I';ve probably got a problem with the earth. Could I fix that easilt? Is it a big deal to connect the unit to the main supply? Also any advice on which Internet provider to go for would be most useful. Also - I wanyt a French PAYG mobile mainly to make emergency calls and to receive calls free - any suggestions? Thanks Brendan    Report

04/05/2008, 15:54 Tandem_Pilot Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 239 Re: Putting in own electrics  melmoth wrote:  I';ve probably got a problem with the earth. Could I fix that easilt? Is it a big deal to connect the unit to the main supply? If you don't know the answers to these questions, then should you be replacing a consumer unit ? Regards Alex Milton Keynes and the Haute Vienne    Report

04/05/2008, 16:01 Bob T Joined on 05/10/2006 Dordogne Posts 909 Re: Putting in own electrics And your other two questions have been asked many times, just hit the search button to find the answers. Bob T 24 http://bikesindordogne.blogspot.com/    Report

04/05/2008, 16:52 jxedwards Joined on 07/11/2004 Lot, South Wales Posts 131 Re: Putting in own electrics As stated if you have to ask this question re electrics then you are definately not qualified. I have answered this type of question before. Leaking plumbing will get you wet. Leaking electrics KILLS!!! I have no problem if you are foolish enough to kill yourself by messing with electricity but some poor innocent man, wmoan, or child is different. Electricians serve a 4 year apprenticeship for a reason. Be warned John    Report

04/05/2008, 17:06 Boiling a frog Joined on 06/09/2004 Charente 16 Posts 536 Re: Putting in own electrics I think someone should at least give the OP some advice on a PAYG. Then at least someone will be able to make an emergency call for an ambulance if the OP fits their own consumer unit         Boiling a frog    Report

04/05/2008, 17:24 tj Joined on 23/08/2004 Charente Maritime Posts 358 Re: Putting in own electrics This is a joke right ? www.renovatingfrance.com Life is what "you" make it, don't let "it" make you!    Report

04/05/2008, 17:52 jxedwards Joined on 07/11/2004 Lot, South Wales Posts 131 Re: Putting in own electrics Which part are you referring to? The Numpty blowing himself up with his 'consumer unit'. You would have thought he would have found out what it is called in French, "Le bomb pour Les Anglais imbecile". Or the fact that he will be able to operate a mobile phone???    Report

04/05/2008, 18:39 tj Joined on 23/08/2004 Charente Maritime Posts 358 Re: Putting in own electrics  jxedwards wrote: The Numpty blowing himself up with his 'consumer unit'. ooooh! Funnily enough i have just updated two fuse boards, and any electrician will tell you, is the devils job, not to drop a wire, put one in the place etc etc, its much easier to do a new installation, so I might advise you give it a miss unless your 100% sure you can complete it,,,,,,,,can imagine how an electrician will charge to put it right if you make mess of it. Also, dont have it right to hand, but recently read a canadian piece on the dangers, some guy wiring an office was asked by a receptionist what she was going to do about her typing if the power was off,,,so Mr electrician said no problem he would make some change so they had power......while he had been working earlier he had disturbed a 480v incoming line which he couldnt see but had damaged, in his haste to give them power, the explosion that occurred killed him and hospitalised 5 of the office staff, ELECTRICITY REALLY IS DANGEROUS, and unfortunately theres no known cure. the labour costs to update a consumer unit should not be so expensive 3 - 500 euros plus breakers etc :) www.renovatingfrance.com Life is what "you" make it, don't let "it" make you!    Report

04/05/2008, 19:11 powerdesal Joined on 07/01/2006 Sharjah U.A.E Posts 2,008 Re: Putting in own electrics Putting in own electrics - you cant see it, you cant smell it, you rarely hear it .........and it kills you! Dont mess with things that you dont fully understand.  Steve Sharjah + 50 (in France) ........................................................................... Roll on death.....Demob is too far away.    Report

04/05/2008, 20:38 Nick Trollope Joined on 23/08/2004 Broons, Dept 22 Posts 2,448 Re: Putting in own electrics  tj wrote: Funnily enough i have just updated two fuse boards, and any electrician will tell you, is the devils job, not to drop a wire, put one in the place etc etc, its much easier to do a new installation, so I might advise you give it a miss unless your 100% sure you can complete it,,,,,,,,can imagine how an electrician will charge to put it right if you make mess of it. Quite so. Get a neutral in the wrong place and nothing will happen until you plug something in, then the breaker goes. Nightmare to find. BTW, I've always reckoned that faulty plumbing is alot more destructive than faulty electrics; Electricty doesn't leak out of a (untouched) broken wire, water does! Then again, I hate plumbing, leaks always occur on the cold side...   Nick www.aplaceinfrance.com    Report

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