Be advised:
In deepest, darkest Swansea; Swalec have taken over from Western Power, as having responsibility for HED.
I recently attended a job; TN-C-S, with a 6mm EC.
Phoned up to advise them of necessity for visit; in order to connect new 16mm EC into side of HED.
Conversation as follows:
(s)= swalec; (k)=kme
(s):"Are you a registered electrician?"
(k):"Yes, we are."
(s):"Then we are giving you permission to cut the seals, and do the connection yourself. When you`ve finished your works, we just ask you to call us again, and we`ll make a note that the seals need to be redone, next time we attend the property"
To say I was a bit amazed was somewhat onderstating things. It turns out swalec don`t have the manpower to come and do noddy things like this; and are happy to farm it off to us. They`re hoping to introduce this, across the country.
About flippin` time.
Only *little, teeny weeny problem*:
When I call to tell them I`ve done, they decide they have to make an appointment to go to the job. They call back with a time, and leave a message on my answering machine:
(s): " Hello KME, we will be going to the property at ............., to connect up the meter tails, on ...........
DUH!!!
So now I`ve got to `phone them again, to try and convince them that the meter tails don`t NEED to be connected.
About time a "dedicated" `phone no. was issued, with an intelligent person on the other end, to deal with the likes of us. Life would be so less stressful.
Here endeth the story (and we all lived happily ever after) :x :x:x
In deepest, darkest Swansea; Swalec have taken over from Western Power, as having responsibility for HED.
I recently attended a job; TN-C-S, with a 6mm EC.
Phoned up to advise them of necessity for visit; in order to connect new 16mm EC into side of HED.
Conversation as follows:
(s)= swalec; (k)=kme
(s):"Are you a registered electrician?"
(k):"Yes, we are."
(s):"Then we are giving you permission to cut the seals, and do the connection yourself. When you`ve finished your works, we just ask you to call us again, and we`ll make a note that the seals need to be redone, next time we attend the property"
To say I was a bit amazed was somewhat onderstating things. It turns out swalec don`t have the manpower to come and do noddy things like this; and are happy to farm it off to us. They`re hoping to introduce this, across the country.
About flippin` time.
Only *little, teeny weeny problem*:
When I call to tell them I`ve done, they decide they have to make an appointment to go to the job. They call back with a time, and leave a message on my answering machine:
(s): " Hello KME, we will be going to the property at ............., to connect up the meter tails, on ...........
DUH!!!
So now I`ve got to `phone them again, to try and convince them that the meter tails don`t NEED to be connected.
About time a "dedicated" `phone no. was issued, with an intelligent person on the other end, to deal with the likes of us. Life would be so less stressful.
Here endeth the story (and we all lived happily ever after) :x :x:x