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New Fuseboard

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  • 27-04-2019 9:25am
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    Mikeyshragh
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭


    Hiya.
    I’m wondering how much roughly are electrician charging to change a fuseboard and to certify it thanks. In they southeast.


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    2011
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    Mikeyshragh wrote: »
    Hiya.
    I’m wondering how much roughly are electrician charging to change a fuseboard and to certify it thanks. In they southeast.

    Very hard to say without seeing it as there are so many variables.
    I haven't done this in a very long time, but at a guess I would think that the lowest possible price would be €600 + VAT.


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    Charles Ingles
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    Mikeyshragh wrote: »
    Hiya.
    I’m wondering how much roughly are electrician charging to change a fuseboard and to certify it thanks. In they southeast.

    Just a fusebox about 600/700 providing no wiring problems


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    Mikeyshragh
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭Mikeyshragh


    Thanks guys. That’s what I was thinking.

    And if they where looking for a cert to re energize a house. Just to test and certify and there is no wiring needed doing what would that roughly cost. Thanks.


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    Charles Ingles
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    Mikeyshragh wrote: »
    Thanks guys. That’s what I was thinking.

    And if they where looking for a cert to re energize a house. Just to test and certify and there is no wiring needed doing what would that roughly cost. Thanks.

    That's a compliance certificate you need, sparks will have to carry out a complete check to certify not just switch Fuse box


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    hufpc8w3adnk65
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    Lots of times when a fuseboard needs to be replaced you also need to upgrade the bonding in the house. Depending on the size of the house etc this can add to it


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    Mikeyshragh
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭Mikeyshragh


    Charles Ingles wrote: »
    That's a compliance certificate you need, sparks will have to carry out a complete check to certify not just switch Fuse box

    Thanks for replying. Just lets says all they wiring is good and they electrican is happy. Highly unlikely I know. There is always something that needs upgrading. But how much to test a 3 bedroom house and give they cert. taking away they extra for they moment


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    hufpc8w3adnk65
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    Mikeyshragh wrote: »
    Thanks for replying. Just lets says all they wiring is good and they electrican is happy. Highly unlikely I know. There is always something that needs upgrading. But how much to test a 3 bedroom house and give they cert. taking away they extra for they moment

    Impossible to say. If the power is off currently then the house needs too meet today’s standards and not the standards of when it was wired! The house could be perfectly safe for a reconnection but if it doesn’t meet today’s standards (1 new standard is a separate supply to the bathroom) then the REC cannot provide a very! How old is the house and how long is the ESB off?


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    Sleeper12
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    MrMac84 wrote: »
    Impossible to say. If the power is off currently then the house needs too meet today’s standards and not the standards of when it was wired! The house could be perfectly safe for a reconnection but if it doesn’t meet today’s standards (1 new standard is a separate supply to the bathroom) then the REC cannot provide a very! How old is the house and how long is the ESB off?




    Would the new cable where the L N E are all insulated be a "new standard". Would 10mm of the older type of cable going to an electric shower need to be replaced?


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    Risteard81
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    Test only certification of an existing installation does not require it to be certified to today's standards but to the Edition of ET101 at the time of installation.


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    meercat
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    MrMac84 wrote: »
    Lots of times when a fuseboard needs to be replaced you also need to upgrade the bonding in the house. Depending on the size of the house etc this can add to it

    It’s a requirement when replacing a db that the bonding(including new earth rod)and mains cables are upgraded


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