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Apparently when the new emergency light/battery unit was replaced he said there was no power, so no, no actual testing took place. Not sure when this property was converted into flats, but presume that even in the 70's / 80's it was illegal to install a fuse box inside the loft? No one can...

Many thanks to all that have replied to my question. In a nutshell when the power surge happened the emergency lights came on as they should of done but as these lights are powered by their battery, the battery went flat. This required the emergency lights to have a replacement battery fitted...

Hi, No the communal lights went dead when the electrician came to replace the emergency lights battery this was 10 days ago. I will try and take a photo of this so called junction box to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about. Many thanks though for your interest, just hope you can...

Can someone please tell me what type of junction box there is in our flats. APX 1 year ago our building comprising of 6 flats supper a power surge. The emergency lights kicked in as they were supposed to do. When the so called electrician came to replace the battery in order that the emergency...