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This mornings job, go to some flats as the lighting in the communal stair well was not working.
Simple job, just new lamps.
But had a look in the meter cupboard. Wish I hadn't.
3 phase supply head. 3 single phase meters feeding a submain to each of the 3 flats. All pretty ordinary.
But then there's a single way wylex fuse box for the communal stair well lighting and outside PIR light. Where does that get it's feed from?
STRAIGHT from one phase of the supply head. No meter. and what's more it's 6mm t&e straight into the supply head. someone has done a bodge job of "sleeving" the cores of the t&e in the belief this makes them double insulated and okay.
So the landlord has been stealing electricity for some time, Judging by the layers of dust on the cable. And the meters have obviously been changed recently, but the meter monkey failed to notice the problem.
I'm not sure what to do. I wasn't tasked with doing an eicr, just fix the lights. I guess I should at least point it out to the landlord, but to put it right would mean getting a 4th supply and 4th meter installed for the landlords supply, or taking it from one of the flat's meters, who would then end up paying for the communal lighting.
Or would you just say nothing and pretend you didn't notice?
Simple job, just new lamps.
But had a look in the meter cupboard. Wish I hadn't.
3 phase supply head. 3 single phase meters feeding a submain to each of the 3 flats. All pretty ordinary.
But then there's a single way wylex fuse box for the communal stair well lighting and outside PIR light. Where does that get it's feed from?
STRAIGHT from one phase of the supply head. No meter. and what's more it's 6mm t&e straight into the supply head. someone has done a bodge job of "sleeving" the cores of the t&e in the belief this makes them double insulated and okay.
So the landlord has been stealing electricity for some time, Judging by the layers of dust on the cable. And the meters have obviously been changed recently, but the meter monkey failed to notice the problem.
I'm not sure what to do. I wasn't tasked with doing an eicr, just fix the lights. I guess I should at least point it out to the landlord, but to put it right would mean getting a 4th supply and 4th meter installed for the landlords supply, or taking it from one of the flat's meters, who would then end up paying for the communal lighting.
Or would you just say nothing and pretend you didn't notice?
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