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That is hessian impregnated with bitumen wrap over steel tape armours on the incoming cable. Doesn’t contain asbestos

DNOS get many ‘wire down’ jobs called in and a lot of time they turn out to be telecom cables of some sort so turning the power off for each one would soon get out of hand cost wise as it costs them per customer per minute lost so if they have to turn the circuit off at the primary it would turn...

Just a thought being a Renault, does the car have a BCM (UCH) module like a Clio does? This controls electrical items in the car, maybe this could be the cause of issues?

I made mine with 9mm+9mm mdf strips for the shaker style decorative part sandwiched together with glue making an 18mm thick door. End result looks good considering I’m not a carpenter. No warping has occurred, also used 9mm quadrant beading for the internal edge which gives it a finished look

I’m my opinion, it probably hasn’t been made off correctly using a heat shrink turret which would seal the end of the cable and prevent this from happening. I have changed many cutouts over the years and oil usually leaks out like this when the property is lower than the main in the road and...

It will be much the same as any other electricity supply but on a larger scale with CT metering with an energy supplier installed CT panel above the cutout which they will fit a meter to

Pretty standard 50’s setup this, originally would of been VIR tails going through conduit to next door, there is a separate 60a fuse on your cutout which is busbarred to the live side to feed the looped supply. These are a problem if that fuse blows and no one is in to get access to change it!

I doubt it will be split conc, the service head is far too old. It will be PILCSTA, just with no earth at the consumers end.

That’s right, and also years ago the earth was provided by lead water mains and since those have mostly been replaced with plastic, many houses are left with no earth

Most probably, someone has ‘helped themselves’

A few things- that cutout is ancient and has a rewireable fuse so could do with being replaced. The Tenby clip looks to have been installed by someone and has been put on the armours of the cable hence the high reading. The only real way to determine weather the earth on the supply is usable is...

I’d guess it’s like this because otherwise you’d have a long run of cable under floorboards etc only protected by a substation fuse which isn’t safe. They must of moved the cu/meter position further into the building and one time. Might still be DNO property.

That cutout has been remade recently- BADLY. whoever has done it doesn’t seem of have removed the old bitumen and used a heat shrink breakout and tubing to seal the cable and prevent any further mess happening, if there are any noises the. This could indicate arcing. Call 105, it will will need...

I can tell you exactly what is happening- the original pitch filled cutout has been replaced with that one. Instead of blowing it down properly and removing all the pitch and heat shrinking it up, they have just removed enough to re terminate the live and neutral. Now it has started dripping off...