What should I do?
Just finished cooking and eating tea today, about 6pm R lass says to me "can you hear that noise coming from that corner?" <pointing at the meter cupboard in the corner of the living room>.
I go and explore with my ear and lo and behold there's a flickering type noise coming from the corner. "I've been hearing it all day" she continues. I open up the cupboard and see flashes coming from under a henley block in there. Straight away I turn off the mainswitch on the CU, taking out the dishwasher mid cycle and the apple pie in the oven.
No smoke, just a strong ozone smell. Once I had called Northern Power Grid, I took a picture on the camera phone (dark corner, no light) and spotted the problem. Overheating neutral from the meter into the henley. I am fully aware this henley is mine, not NPG's, just thought I'd play the system a little bit.
So the NPG guy rocks up and pulls the neutral straight out. Gets his super insulated screwdriver out, plugs the wire back into the henley and tightens it right up. Also made sure the other connections were nice and tight. Told me if I have any more problems with the block I should call an electrician as it belongs to me.
My concern is that the cable was charred and melty on the end and really should have been stripped back to clean copper. Also, the henley is unnecessary anyway because there is only one CU.
Soooo . . . should I get an electrician to remove this henley altogether and put the two CU tails into the meter? Or should I get the supplier to arrange this, given the meter is sealed . . .
Cheers.
Just finished cooking and eating tea today, about 6pm R lass says to me "can you hear that noise coming from that corner?" <pointing at the meter cupboard in the corner of the living room>.
I go and explore with my ear and lo and behold there's a flickering type noise coming from the corner. "I've been hearing it all day" she continues. I open up the cupboard and see flashes coming from under a henley block in there. Straight away I turn off the mainswitch on the CU, taking out the dishwasher mid cycle and the apple pie in the oven.
No smoke, just a strong ozone smell. Once I had called Northern Power Grid, I took a picture on the camera phone (dark corner, no light) and spotted the problem. Overheating neutral from the meter into the henley. I am fully aware this henley is mine, not NPG's, just thought I'd play the system a little bit.
So the NPG guy rocks up and pulls the neutral straight out. Gets his super insulated screwdriver out, plugs the wire back into the henley and tightens it right up. Also made sure the other connections were nice and tight. Told me if I have any more problems with the block I should call an electrician as it belongs to me.
My concern is that the cable was charred and melty on the end and really should have been stripped back to clean copper. Also, the henley is unnecessary anyway because there is only one CU.
Soooo . . . should I get an electrician to remove this henley altogether and put the two CU tails into the meter? Or should I get the supplier to arrange this, given the meter is sealed . . .
Cheers.