2 cut outs

[sellers]

been to a property today with 2 cutouts, one for its own board and meter, and 1 for what i presume to be next doors, has anyone else come accross this before?? Seems strange to have the cutout in your next door neighbours house

 

[Apache]

It's not economy 7?

 

[sellers]

nope, rushing in I thought it was a fused neutral pulled it and everything in the house stayed on, went to replace and there was a big crack with a lot of load. Slightly traced the tails out and found they seem to go next door

 

[Evans Electric]

Yes I came across it in part of Brum once , meter tails through the wall of the porch to next door. Most odd.

 

[Badger]

nope, rushing in I thought it was a fused neutral pulled it and everything in the house stayed on, went to replace and there was a big crack with a lot of load. Slightly traced the tails out and found they seem to go next door

bet next door loved you for that :^O :^O:^O:^O

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

been to a property today with 2 cutouts, one for its own board and meter, and 1 for what i presume to be next doors, has anyone else come across this before?? Seems strange to have the cutout in your next door neighbours house

Could it have been a property that has been split/joined/modified, to/from individual property to separate flats or houses....?

Got a large property not far from me that is now two houses...

the main incoming water stop tap still does both properties although they do each have a secondary stop tap when it enters their side of the house...

(poses a slightly off tangent question about which bit you bond too???)

I can't remember how their electric went, but I think they did have separate Cut outs & meters each in their own halves.... :|

Or as Deke says are they old (terrace) smaller houses where they share a common incoming cable from street?

How big are the properties?

:|

 

[sellers]

they are old terrace houses!

 

[a1]

I would have done one of two things:

• Popped into next door and ask if her leccy just went off.
  
• Popped into next door and explained the situation and asked if it was of no inconvenience to them, if I could have a quick look at their supply, which would take only a quick glance.
  

 

[Andy™]

communal lighting?

 

[Badger]

I would have done one of two things:taken the fuse and gone home waiting for a call for the neighbour to say the electric had gone and then gone back replaced fuse and charged them

or

gone home anyway and still nicked the fuse :^O :^O

Admin, your a naughty naughty boy, you know thats not very nice to do :^O

 

[~Sparky~]

its more than likely a shared supply, i have the same thing in my flat...... it was done to reduce costs as far as i beleave but its not allowed to be done now a days...... strange how you could pull one fuse at a time though as the one i have is molded togeather with upstairs fuse so both go off at once

 

[Robojin]

My neighbours supply splits from my supply head, and then runs underground about 20m to next door.

Last time I had the DNO in to sort out a prob, told me it was likely easier for the DNO in the 20's to run from my house than dig up the road or was a shorter run so saved on material costs

 

[sellers]

I've seen a split supply before but never from the fused side, supply was tns but couldn't see the earth going through to next door, so maybe nextdoor is tnc-s?

 

[Andy™]

I've seen a split supply before but never from the fused side, supply was tns but couldn't see the earth going through to next door, so maybe nextdoor is tnc-s?

very much doubt its TNCS. most likely TT. seen this many times where a service head is fed from another service head