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I had the DNO out yesterday as I had a BS1361 fuse casing with a damn great crack round it. I rang on the basis of "damage to their equipment". I noted on my EICR a couple of other bits too:
- Head fuse cover casing cracked
- Tails from head to meter though circa 25mm sq. are not double insulated
- N tail from fuse had great long split in it exposing the copper
- TN-S, lead sheathed incoming and I've noted the earth connection is jut a piece of old 7-strand imperial, uninsulated with a bit of sleeving over it wrapped round and roughly soldered back on itself.
The property is empty btw and will have a new CU shortly. They came out pronto and it was a nice young lad in his early 20's. He mentioned he was basically a "first responder".Looking at the fuse and my EICR he stated that in his opinion there was nothing wrong either electrically or mechanically with the broken fuse case. And anyway the thing was so old he wouldn't have a replacement etc. I took him to task and quoted the ESQCR and he didn't appear to know what it was!
He proceeded to cut the seals and remove the fuse cover. Where it was cracked before he presents it to me in two pieces with "It fell apart in my hands!". He then started to cut back the N tail with the split sheath with a view to putting it back. I raised the double insulation issue, he has a think and then dives off to the van for some new tails. The now 2-piece fuse cover goes back in and gets wrapped in copious layers of black tape. He leaves with the comment "It's all quite safe...........I wouldn't leave it like it if it wasn't..............BUT what I'll do is report it and we'll send you a letter.........we'll then come back and replace the complete head...........I'll get them to look at the earth as well!" Off he goes, no paperwork nothing.
When I've looked the seals he has put on the fuse and meter are not even numbered - look like standard "eBay" jobbies that he's closed with a pair of side cutters.
Just all seemed "odd". Last bloke I had out from the same DNO (in his 50's I'd guess) had numbered seals and I even had a follow up phone call from the DNO as to was I happy with the job etc. This youngster seemed a bit all over the place in what he was doing etc.
Maybe I'm too fussy................or just old! :lol:
- Head fuse cover casing cracked
- Tails from head to meter though circa 25mm sq. are not double insulated
- N tail from fuse had great long split in it exposing the copper
- TN-S, lead sheathed incoming and I've noted the earth connection is jut a piece of old 7-strand imperial, uninsulated with a bit of sleeving over it wrapped round and roughly soldered back on itself.
The property is empty btw and will have a new CU shortly. They came out pronto and it was a nice young lad in his early 20's. He mentioned he was basically a "first responder".Looking at the fuse and my EICR he stated that in his opinion there was nothing wrong either electrically or mechanically with the broken fuse case. And anyway the thing was so old he wouldn't have a replacement etc. I took him to task and quoted the ESQCR and he didn't appear to know what it was!
He proceeded to cut the seals and remove the fuse cover. Where it was cracked before he presents it to me in two pieces with "It fell apart in my hands!". He then started to cut back the N tail with the split sheath with a view to putting it back. I raised the double insulation issue, he has a think and then dives off to the van for some new tails. The now 2-piece fuse cover goes back in and gets wrapped in copious layers of black tape. He leaves with the comment "It's all quite safe...........I wouldn't leave it like it if it wasn't..............BUT what I'll do is report it and we'll send you a letter.........we'll then come back and replace the complete head...........I'll get them to look at the earth as well!" Off he goes, no paperwork nothing.
When I've looked the seals he has put on the fuse and meter are not even numbered - look like standard "eBay" jobbies that he's closed with a pair of side cutters.
Just all seemed "odd". Last bloke I had out from the same DNO (in his 50's I'd guess) had numbered seals and I even had a follow up phone call from the DNO as to was I happy with the job etc. This youngster seemed a bit all over the place in what he was doing etc.
Maybe I'm too fussy................or just old! :lol:
