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  2. Distribution board - Wikipedia

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    Old Wylex standard consumer unit fitted with seven wire fuses (one fuse-way is not in use) Hager consumer unit fitted with MCBs, one RCD, and one double-pole switch In the United Kingdom, BS 7671 defines a consumer unit as "A particular type of distribution board comprising a type tested coordinated assembly for the control and distribution of ...

  3. Electrium - Wikipedia

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    Typical Wylex Consumer Unit. George H. Scholes Ltd. was founded in the mid-1920s by George Hamer Scholes to manufacture electrical accessories and fuse boxes. In 1934, he built the Wylex Works at Wythenshawe, near Manchester. [4] The company's Wylex brand consumer units still dominate the UK market.

  4. AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types

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    Before the introduction of BS 317, GH Scholes (Wylex) introduced (in 1926) an alternative three-pin plug [28] in three sizes, 5 A, 10 A and 15 A with a round earth pin and rectangular live and neutral pins. A fused 13 A version of this continued to be available after the introduction of BS 1363, illustrating that BS 546 was not used exclusively ...

  5. BS 7671 - Wikipedia

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    onshore units of electrical shore connections for inland navigation vessels. 'Premises' covers the land and all facilities including buildings belonging to it. Exclusions [4]: systems for the distribution of electricity to the public other than prosumer's installations covered by Chapter 82

  6. Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    (3) The consumer unit and obviously its final circuits, plus the tails connecting the consumer unit either directly to the meter or to a supplier fitted isolator, belong to the owner of the premises. (If an owner has their own isolator fitted between the meter and consumer unit then naturally they would own it and the tails on both sides of it).

  7. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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    Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .