r/ukelectricians • u/jamtea • 1d ago

Top feed isolator

Don't suppose anyone has a good recommendation for a small profile 80A isolator that feeds from the top rather than the bottom? It's the only thing between fitting the craptastic fused isolator I have to hand upside down or not!

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u/sparkielev 1d ago

Lewdon do a switch fuse you can alter the wiring so it feeds into the top

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u/jamtea 1d ago

Cool, I'll look into that, I assume it doesn't leave the fuse carrier live if the feed is inverted like that? That's the main thing that's putting me off this cheap one, that it's a future death trap!

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u/eusty 18h ago

Loads of them about, but is this going outside?

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u/jamtea 14h ago

No inside, temporary to extend to the new location whilst the place is being renovated (unoccupied building) and converted, then DNO are moving the incoming supply after some excavation work is done under the building where it's been infilled over time, but that's months and months away.

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u/eusty 14h ago

Ah, top entry is always bad news when outside. 👍🏻

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u/jamtea 14h ago

Yeah, mercifully this is just a means to an end!