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Swapping an MCB on a Hager Consumer Unit
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy™" data-source="post: 415939" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>as mentioned, the MCB is to protect the cable. now whilst a 10mm cable may appear adequate for the additional load, depending on how its installed it may not be. cables have to be increase in some cases, so it may well be that in other circumstances, a 6mm could have been used, but was undersized for that particular install so 10 was used</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy™, post: 415939, member: 2012"] as mentioned, the MCB is to protect the cable. now whilst a 10mm cable may appear adequate for the additional load, depending on how its installed it may not be. cables have to be increase in some cases, so it may well be that in other circumstances, a 6mm could have been used, but was undersized for that particular install so 10 was used [/QUOTE]
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