Electrical Installation Costs

[AndyD]

talking of din breakers,i like the hager range from electromekanica.
the price isnt too bad either.

The Hager range isn't bad, they do better than most makes under high ambient temperatures which can cause nuisance tripping with breakers from some manufacturers.

i see theres a copy of the samite breakers/earth leakages for sale.never used it yet and i cant remember the brand name ,but its dirt cheap.
i ,ve also used these conversion clips where you can install any din earth leakage relay in a samite board.comes with a small blank to close the gap up of the larger samite db covers.
oh and 1 more thing.please ,whoever installs a heinemann lcd timer in a din board.(it can be clipped in samite and din)dont go cut the din db cover bigger,just pull off the black surround and it will fit perfectly.

Thanks for the info.

As for the Din switches these are great, Im having Gewiss Din breakers installed in both the upstairs and downstairs dbs, CBI samite is just too expensive for what they are.

Gewiss have proved pretty reliable and very reasonably priced. I still use Merlin Gerin for most applications.

Website price for Veti 16A double socket is R130.

Sounds pretty expensive. Is that a wholesale price or end user retail? VAT inclusive or not?

If I do not select the Veti Range i'm considering upgrading to the Clipsal S3000 range all depending on the price difference between the S2000 & S3000.

Any comments on the S3000 range?

I haven't specifically used much Clipsal S3000 range. The problem I find with all these modular ranges is that many of them look ridiculous when mounted vertically. This means in most premises you have to dig out every flush mount box and fit new ones which are horizontally oriented. This works out expensive after plastering and repainting.

The other problem is because of their modular nature the ordering of all the parts can be very complicated. Sometimes it's not easy to figure out which grid plate is best for certain configurations especially when you start with thermostats, dimmers and data outlets.

Make sure that whoever you order from is familiar with the product unless they have everything in stock and you can 'dry-assemble' everything on the counter before you buy it.

[Tracsec]

I've done the exercise on the S3000, really not worth it in my opinion (price wise) rather spend the extra money on a fancy kitchen or bathroom accessories. I totaly agree with Andy on the Vertical mounting and modular issues, Im old school and have always know switches to be mounted horizontally, vertical just doesnt feel right for me and looks strange, the other problem is you cant fit as many switches into a box with vertical S3000 as you can with the horizontal S2000 for example, this has considerable cost savings when building in a new home, would of went for gewiss switches to compliment the din breakers but had the same problem of vertical installation and only up to 3 switches per plate, i have at least 4 to 5 switches per plate for various lighting such as wall ,ceiling ,zone and specific feature lighting so 3switches per plate just wasnt enough unless i installed extra boxes.

Its was hard enough trying to get my electrican to get all the standard boxes around the rooms and counter tops the same exact height (i know its not the easiest of things) two vertical boxes next too each other would need gps co ordinates to get right and look good.