Recent content by Greasybone

Hi, The pump into the hot water tank only serves the immersion heater. But interestingly enough the heating system does share the same circuit. It's a 'warm air heating system' which was installed when the flat was built in 1970. My girlfriend owns this flat and when she first moved in...

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I've recently been having trouble with my immersion hot water system, we have three switches, one serves the pump into the hot water tank, the other two serve the heating elements (one on the top and one on the side of the tank). The circuit breaker for the hot water system started tripping...

Funny you should say that, that's exactly what the electrician said he could do. But the 'director' wasn't having it - she was afraid she would be liable for any accidents should a kid run into the cupboard before we secured it again. In hindsight I should have just got him to snip the lock...

Lol that's what I thought, why should you faff around with a load of keys when you have 'proper tools' for the job Thank you for your advice, I have contacted the above organisations and hope I get a response. Will report the outcome!

Just to clarify the meter's aren't in there, I think it's just the junction box. The reason it's locked is because it's outside and thus accessible to anyone that can walk in off the street. It's also in a place that's pretty secluded (under the main steps leading up to the block next to the bin...

I should have explained better, it's a yellow FB14 padlock marked 'Fire Brigade', I think it's supposed to be carried by emergency services. No it's not a substation, I think it's just a junction box for the mains distributing all the flats in the building. The meter is elsewhere - outside...

I live in a freehold block of flats which is run by a consortium of tenants or 'elected directors' - who collect the service charge and are responsible for communal areas. I had to call out an electrician recently because, as it turned out the service fuse in the mains supply cupboard blew...