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Many consumer units do not comply with today’s regulations and could potentially be very dangerous for you, your family, or whoever occupies the property in the event that there is a fault. Modern day consumer units come with Residual Current Devices (RCD's) which in the event of a fault would cut power to the associated circuit(s) within milliseconds (fast, right?).

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Older fuse boards do not have RCD protection and therefore would take much longer to cut the power to the circuit in the event there was a fault, in this case it could be the difference between surviving the shock or not. Today's regulations also require new consumer units installed to be made of a non combustible material, i.e metal and many of the older style fuse boards are made from either plastic or even wood!

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If you have an older style fuse board and are contemplating getting it upgraded, we would highly suggest you do so for the safety of everyone who may occupy the property.