We’re finally coming out of the ’50’s and going into the ’20’s, that’s from one millennium to the next, rather than backwards. We’ve finally gotten rid of our fuses boards and replaced them with a modern consumer unit that has up front surge protection and then each circuit has it’s own miniature circuit breaker for over load protection and also built in residual current device to save those who chose to hold onto live wires. Our house is now as electrically safe as it can reasonably be in this day and age. This was the old fuse board layout: The electrician managed to get a double row board which fitted within less 5 mm free around the sides: Now I just need to make some changes to how to door fits over this. It used to hinge, but it’ll interfere with the covers that flap up.
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