NO MORE NEUTRAL FLY LEADS- Schneider Acti9 Three Phase Distribution Board with PON & ISOBAR

With more circuits needing RCD protection - RCBO's are becoming the default method of circuit protection on most circuits. Even within three-phase distribution boards.

That means the Neutral bar is used as a connection point for internal wiring and not the outgoing circuits. Connecting RCBO flying leads and functional earth connections are time-consuming for electricians.

To solve this problem Schneider has reinvented the Isobar three-phase distribution board. In this video we explore the PON - Plug-on Neutral, Distributed Neutral and VIGI RCD conversion kit.

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00:00 Meet our Acti9 Distribution Board from Schneider Electric
00:30 Plug on Neutral for single-phase RCBO's
01:40 How to install a Schneider RCBO with PON
02:40 Acti9 Distributor neutral kit for Isobar
04:09 Note visible torque setting
04:27 Installing outgoing neutral links to Isobar
05:20 Fitting neutral bus bar covers
05:53 Installing MCB/RCBO to Isobar
06:59 Make sure MCB is fitted under Isobar tabs
07:59 Building a 4 pole RCBO using Schneider Vigi RCD & MCB
10:25 Flexibility is the key to the Acti 9 range
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I always thought the isobar was a dead clever design, but everything about this is just just pure genius, the plug on neutral, the neutral bar and the way the attachments connect to the isolated busbar peg, and even the fact that their blanks allow you to park a conductor for maximum ease of adding a breaker for a provisional circuit at a later date.
The company I work for at the moment for the most part fit Hager for everything, and I really like Hager stuff but this makes their distribution boards look awful 😂

[owent]

Finally ! Ingenious concept! now they need to invent a 3phase RCD that doesn't take up 7 poles on the switch board

[cristianmoore]

Have used Merlin gerin /Schneider boards for commercial and industrial installs for 30 years, by far the safest and best quality product out there 👍

[Jordan-ycfs]

It's not even the time saving I like. It's the neatness and cleverness of this. Always liked the isobar especially on big jobs you can put all your circuits away and still stay safely isolated

[brianwood]

All these manufactures making massive changes to products lately. It's like Christmas everyday for the Electrician. Nice to see Schneider upping their game. Thanks for the Demo lads. Stay Safe.

[carlprice]

struggled for ages, until this video, trying to understand how the add ons and neutrals could be used on the isobar system. Thanks.

[johnelectri-call-us]

Fitted one recently in a factory and I was very impressed with the pon connections. Learnt something new just now with with the neutral bar too late for that board but will get one for the next board I need to install.

[GiffordsElectrical]

Really like those acti9 boards and the new RCBO’s are a definite time saver for electricians. Brilliant stuff from Schneider

[acespark]

everyone forgets the lemon on top of the isobar this is the correct tool for switching the isobar tabs using your screwdriver like Gary did can damage the plastic tab causing it to become detached from the sliding switch part. Don`t ask how I know this ( it wasn`t me promise)

[christastic]

Very informative guys. Only thing with Schneider gear is the unbelievable cost compared to other brands. I remember when it was merlin Gerin and you had those Y tabs to put into the bus bar . They have certainly moved on from there .

[GreenHawkConstructionltd]

Brilliant idea I can just see all of the Instagram pictures of boards being very different 🤣🤣 the cost will come down. Great video guys 🤙🤙

[zoltrix]

The single phase RCBOs are great, 3phase, not so much.... so many poles for one circuit! Here in Aus, we are starting to get three pole RCBOs with a neutral fly lead. Obviosuly it doesn't isolate the neutral, but thats not somthing we really worry about over here.

[effervescence]

I do like the Acti9 boards but I hate the 4 Pole RCBO's. Thankfully we always manage to avoid 4pole rcd protection as the cost/increase in required DB size often prohibits being able to install them. Will stick to Eaton for the mainstay for now though.

[Dog-whisperer]

Required required required.
For the love of humanity torque settings is not a requirement, if it was it would be included in BS7671 . it’s the manufacturers recommendation it’s not even a legal requirement.
I not saying don’t use a torque screwdriver to torque up the connection’s, i’am saying dispense with the word required. That DB dose look like a nice bit of kit to install. And getting rid of the the stupid neutral and earth fly Leeds is a fantastic idea.
Fantastic video guy’s as always .👍👍👍❤️

[andyleggatt]

Late to the game here - Fitted one of these in a hospital, love the plug in neutral. My big gripe is the position of the earth bar on these, with all cables coming bottom entry its easy to forget just how much length you need on this type of board for your earth connections, compared to previous generations and eaton models with vertical earth connections lower down the DB. Personally I'd much prefer just an earth connection directly opposite the module position on the outside of the DB, so that (with plug on neutrals) all terminations are within 6 inches of each other!

Final comment - why do you need the distributed neutral bar when you have 3x plug on neutral terminals available?!? I'd take a triple pole, longer module with three plug on neutral connections over the mess that is the 3 phase RCD modules, although the arrangement shown might just be to keep backwards compatibility with older boards, and thats not something I'd like to discourage!

[marcwilliams]

They make sum cracking kit, love Schneider stuff

[paulprescott]

These have been out in the market for best part of 2 years.

[johnburns]

I always looked at domestic CUs, thinking what a design mess. Look inside one that has been wired up!

♦ DP RCBOs only need to be _plug in, _ like the old plug-in fuses, with _no_ terminals on them. Reducing cost and size.
♦ A row of fixed L, N & E _push-fit_ terminals simple and quick.
♦ Then a circuit cable can be brought in the top or bottom of the CU to each RCBO point.
♦ L & N & E bus bars built-in behind, nice and safe, out of sight, out of touch.
♦ Just run in L, N & E meter tail cables from the meter to the push-fit terminals of the mainswitch - the three cables being next to each other, so no heavy L, N & E cables snaking around inside the CU. Nice and neat.

What could be easier? What could be so obvious and simple?
Yet look at the cludged up mess served up.

[lewisbarlow]

a great product have used it on site but i when re-configure boards i have come into trouble when fitting the RCBO's that i am losing another 3 ways in the board especially when it is a full board and you change a machine power supply to a socket outlet. whilst you can put the RCBO's on the shop floor at the outlet i have had trouble in wet environments and repeated opening of outlets causing a loss of the IP rating. it would be great if schneider could do a 3 phase 4 pole RCBO that takes up just 4 ways similar to the single phase versions as this would greatly increase the flexibility of the boards in a constantly changing industrial environment.

great work as always guys especially on the industrial side i have found it hard before to find good impartial reviews and technology updates before i found you guys

[Chris_In_Texas]

I am surprised that there aren't more boards there that include this for consumer units as well. We see the plug in neutrals here in the USA as well. Leviton has gone a step a step further in that both line and load and neutral are all on the back plane, the breakers just plug into complete the circuit, as all wiring is completed in the board and could be wired in rough in phase (1st fix in UK).