Title: Gacia Modular Apparatus Review: Inexpensive Switchboard Equipment for Storage Furnaces

Gacia is one of the very cheap (probably Chinese) brands of modular apparatus.

I need to equip a switchboard that will support 3 storage furnaces (each on S303 B16) via a contactor (I chose Eaton Z-SCH230 / 40-40 248852). In the switchgear there will also be a control clock with protection, a FR disconnector and a residual current device (it is not yet clear whether the furnaces will be connected permanently or via plugs). So there will be 8 cameras in total.

I am considering the Gacia brand because they have everything I need (only a contactor, clock and controls to be from a different company) and they are quite cheap - and so:

DL3P63A - switch disconnector 63A 3P - PLN 30 on the Internet, PLN 18 on the Allegro
SR6HM - residual current circuit breaker 40A 4P 30mA TYP AC - on the Internet and on Allegro for about 60 PLN
SB6LB3P16A - circuit breaker B16 16A 3P GACIA - on the Internet for about PLN 25, on the Allegro for PLN 18

I need 4xFR (3 for the WLZ chapter, 1 for the new switchgear), 3xS303, 1xRCD - such a Gacia set is about PLN 186.

If I had decided on Eaton, it would have been like this:

EATON 276284 - EATON Modular switch disconnector 3P 100A 276284 - on Allegro for about 50 PLN
EATON 235834 - CFI6-40 / 4/003 - residual current device 3F 4P CFI6 40A EATON - on Allegro for about PLN 90
EATON 270408 - Eaton Overcurrent circuit breaker 3P B 16A 270408 - on the Allegro for about PLN 40, on the Internet closer to PLN 70

I need 4xFR (3 for the WLZ distribution, 1 for the new switchgear), 3xS303, 1xRCD - this Eaton set is about 410 PLN.

I will probably find out that it is not worth saving PLN 200 (although it is saving 50% of Eaton's price) and taking the Gacia brand.

But maybe you have experience with this apparatus - in the sense of Gacia?

I used to get up and go to this day.

78db78 wrote:

I used to get up and go to this day.

It works, it works. If you make a jumper, it will also work.

The question should be different: is it securing properly? does it disconnect when necessary? does it not disconnect when you do not need to?

I am looking for information from installers. More as a trader who sees the prices of Eti or Eaton soaring.

My father-in-law, an electrician, who has been in the business for years, says don't touch. Calculation says the opposite.
His arguments, on the other hand, are specific: breaking levers, jamming differential test buttons, bending rail latches, etc.

This problem does not occur in branded ones, and it checks them regularly in blocks of flats during 5-year inspections. Interesting as in Chinese.