Price for a New Fuse Panel ?

cyclonebri1

JWhite wrote: »

"You asked what has now turned out to be an ambiguous question.".

So "Price for a new fuse panel" is ambiguous? How?
Anyway, next time I need an answer to a question I will know to look elsewhere[/B].

You asked for a price for a "new fuse panel". The price for a new fuse panel is ambiguous unless you state if you are installing or otherwise

In technical terms you really wanted a new consumer board?

Everyone here accepts that if you have to ask that question then you aren't capable of fitting it yourself, hence the installed answers

"Anyway, next time I need an answer to a question I will know to look elsewhere"

Please feel free to do that.

fluffpot

JWhite wrote: »

Not so much "misled" as having been subjected to condescending remarks but I have come up against it before on this site unfortunately. Then I get some good advice from people like yourself and it redeems itself once more but as you say, it is unnecessary on a site like this which sets out to help people like myself and for which I am grateful for.:)

I'm an electrician and I too read your original post as how much for a new consumer unit (ie supply and fit). Please remember that people on here provide their professional advice free of charge so it looks a bit poor when others grumble about a misunderstanding - you got your answer in the end anyway!

Good luck with the work

macman

JWhite wrote: »

"The consumer unit cost you could easily check yourself from any suppliers website"

Yes I could have done if I had known what it was called which if you read back in the posts you will see I was corrected on by Macman Also, I have only ever heard these referred to as a "Fuse Panel" or a "Trip Switch Box" by everyone I have ever met!

Now I know I can look it up myself.

Thanks for all the advice (albeit some being sarcastic!). By the way, the prices quoted at the beginning of this thread (between £350 and £600) did not split it between supply and labour so how would I know which was for supply and which part was labour? Also I would have thought the title of the thread would have given a hint of what I wanted "Price for a new Fuse Panel".

What is it with all you men presuming I should know what I am looking for when I am a woman who has never changed a fuse? Testosterone flying everywhere

Really? No one on this thread had a clue what your gender was until you made that post, or cared less.
The bottom line is: you did not make it clear that you wanted a price for a CU supply only, so you got misleading answers.

nickj_2

hey , don't dis the tradesmen here , we do a great job with people who have all sorts of questions which amount to being about as vague as how long is a bit of string ..... i'm a painter and people really do ask stuff like how much will the outside of my house cost to paint , and from that they imagine you can give them a rough price ... if you want a clear answer , start off by giving a clear question , most sparkies would assume that you would want a price to supply and fit , you could have just googled for a price of a unit

ValHaller

JWhite wrote: »

By the way, your comment about me playing "the vulnerable female joker" is in my book again sarcastic and judgmental. I am not a joker and I am not vulnerable, that is just your assumption and judgment based on no facts.

The Oxford dictionary meaning of vulnerable is "(of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect:". I am none of these.

Anyway, next time I need an answer to a question I will know to look elsewhere.

I think you need to be fair here. No one is accusing you of being a joker. The reference is to playing the joker card. So you should read

You could just about get away with that but to then play the vulnerable female joker?

as

You could just about get away with that but to then play the "vulnerable female" joker card from your hand?

not as

You could just about get away with that but to then play yourself as the vulnerable "female joker"?

It was you who introduced the gender issue. Probably most people replying to threads are male and probably it is more equal proportions seeking help. But so what. I doubt you have been given a hard time for being female. I tend to view the DIY forum as gender neutral, but I think it is unreasonable to expect men to feminise their responses and as far as I can see you have not been treated differently as a woman - particularly as it was not evident until you spilled the beans. There are plenty enough men coming here who have about the same knowledge as yourself.

cyclonebri1

nickj wrote: »

hey , don't dis the tradesmen here , we do a great job with people who have all sorts of questions which amount to being about as vague as how long is a bit of string ..... i'm a painter and people really do ask stuff like how much will the outside of my house cost to paint , and from that they imagine you can give them a rough price ... if you want a clear answer , start off by giving a clear question , most sparkies would assume that you would want a price to supply and fit , you could have just googled for a price of a unit

And it also has to be said that there is a healthy proportion of retired professionals, (I'd put myself in that bracket), that are never shy of championing the cause of anyone who appears likely to be turned over by a rogue trader. If a job is DIYable for someone with decent skills, I say so, but,

If I had a clue that you wanted a DIY consumer unit, given your 1st post I would have steered you towards a good local trader and given the usual warnings to avoid you or a friend frying yourselves

MoneyMate

phill99 wrote: »

It's not just a case of a new consumer nit. The installer has to make sure it complies with current regulations so may mean undertaking earth bonding works on the gas and water supplies, which can add to the cost.

Realistically, allow £350 tp £600.

We recently paid £440 ,New Consumer unit to replace old 26 year old fuse unit, this included 25mm cable tails back to the incoming meter outside. :beer:

Leodogger

nickj wrote: »

hey , don't dis the tradesmen here , we do a great job with people who have all sorts of questions which amount to being about as vague as how long is a bit of string ..... i'm a painter and people really do ask stuff like how much will the outside of my house cost to paint , and from that they imagine you can give them a rough price ... if you want a clear answer , start off by giving a clear question , most sparkies would assume that you would want a price to supply and fit , you could have just googled for a price of a unit

Again, I say again, I could not google for a price of a consumer unit as I did not know what it was called, hence the question in the first place. All I wanted to know was the price of the unit, why is that so hard to understand. I just wanted to know if I could AFFORD to change the present one and the base cost of the unit had everything to do with that and nothing to do with the fitting which I accept is about the length of a piece of string, according to who fits it (i.e. a one man band or a company). I vaguely remembered having one fitted years ago and the price of the unit (from memory) was expensive in itself. So basicly, if we could not afford the unit itself, we could not afford to change it.

Simples !

I guess everything is down to people's interpretation of the message and I do appreciate that many tradesmen come on here to answer questions to the best of their ability with the information they are given and I along with others are grateful for that. I don't nevertheless expect sarcasm (not from you I hasten to add) which makes me sound like an incompetent idiot, i.e. vulnerable female joker for instance, where did that come from !

Anyone ever heard of tact and discretion on here ! I just wonder if the same comment would have been made if the questioner (me) had said "I am just a male who knows nothing about these things - then I wonder if the same person would have come back with "when you are playing the vulnerable male joker "!

By the way Valhaller no reference was made to playing cards in the comment "vulnerable female joker" so why would I presume he was referring to playing cards ? "Joker" can infer someone having a laugh in my part of the world, as in "he is a right joker". Again down to interpretation.

So thanks to those who offered useful advise which was much appreciated.:T

ValHaller

JWhite wrote: »

By the way Valhaller no reference was made to playing cards in the comment "vulnerable female joker" so why would I presume he was referring to playing cards ? "Joker" can infer someone having a laugh in my part of the world, as in "he is a right joker". Again down to interpretation.

Being a joker and playing a joker are quite different. My understanding of "he is a right joker" is the same as yours. Although 'playing a joker' is potentially ambiguous for literal meaning, I cannot believe you are unaware of the colloquial meaning.

Leodogger

ValHaller wrote: »

Being a joker and playing a joker are quite different. My understanding of "he is a right joker" is the same as yours. Although 'playing a joker' is potentially ambiguous for literal meaning, I cannot believe you are unaware of the colloquial meaning.

Apart from knowing what a "Joker" card is, the use in this context (in my opinion) was to imply that I was playing a part, the part of a "a vulnerable female joker". At least that was my interpretation but as I say, everyone interprets things differently, hence the diverse myriad of people's opinions on this and every other subject. Variety is the spice of life ! Right or wrong, I believe the poster intended to use the phrase as a form of condescension or sarcasm which I believe was out of order and unnecessary, otherwise why the use of the words "vulnerable", which I am not, and "joker" which I was not.