Old Style Wylex Fuse Box

An old fuse board will probably not contain rcd or mcb protection and as such will not offer the same safety cover it was probably designed before we started using as much electrical equipment such as microwaves ceramic hobs dozens of extra appliances including large capacity showers i have seen badly burnt fuse boards that look perfect on the outside but were close to causing a full fire in.

Old style wylex fuse box. Bought a new house with 1960s wiring pvc coating. Wylex fuseboxes with rewireable or cartridge fuses are very common in older properties. However doing so is a waste of money. They distribute electricity in your house through multiple circuits and instantly turn the power off whenever a power overload occurs on one of the circuits which is commonly known as tripping.

In theroy you should test the loop impedance before changing. The fuse box is old not one with screw in wires though. I think the smaller old wylex are rated at 60a whilst the bigger 8 10 ways are 80a. The box of the db.

Rated 5 out of 5 by magoo16 from wylex mcb does exactly what it says replaces old wired fuse for mcb only drawback is the cover for the fuses no longer fits with the mcb. Plug in mcbs can be obtained for these and are simple to install. Wylex fuses coloured dots danger wylex standard fuseboxes part 1 wylex standard fuseboxes part 2. If its a wylex domino type board then yes you can retro fit pug in style bsen60898 circuit breakers.

This one dates back a long way. Yes in these modern days they really should be replaced for the closer protection mcbs and rcbos can give to an installation but they are certainly not dangerous. I would go as far as saying that these wylex cus account for around 95 of all the old domestic rewireable fuse boards that an electrician will come across in his working life. A fuse box and a consumer unit serve the same purpose.

2019 08 08 wylex 6a sp type b plug in mcb reviews page 2. When tripping occurs a consumer unit will switch the power off using the circuit breaker linked to the overloaded circuit. The wylex fuse box can be converted to miniature circuit breakers mcb it needs power off as to change over it exposes the live bus bars and the units are colour coded white 6a blue 16a yellow 20a and red 32a so it is replace colour for colour. Having looked at a modern home electrical distribution unit called a consumer unit in the uk i thought it would be interesting to take a look at an old fuse box.

Replacing old wired fuses with a new circuit breaker. Old wylex fuse boxes. All of the items here are obsolete and are displayed here as a reminder of how electrical installations used to be done.