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What is a consumer unit and why is this better than a fuse board?

April 26, 2017circuit breakers consumer fuse MCB RCD

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What is a consumer unit and why is this better than a fuse board?

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A consumer unit is a modern replacement for a fuse board. In place of the fuses – which burn out – the consumer unit has electro-mechanical trip devices – miniature circuit breakers, or MCB’s. These are available in a range of ratings appropriate for different types of circuit. If these trip they can be easily re-set.