I have been to inspect a newish boiler which has had the PCB damaged by a mains surge. This blew apart the surge supressor on the board.
The block had been converted into three flats and the electricity supplier was fitting three seperate meters for the three flats.
Somehow they managed to connect two phases across the supply to the flats and applying 315 vac to a surge supressor rated at 275 VAC immediately caused it to go s/c. A computer in another flat was also damaged.
I would have expected the correct procedure would have been to disconnect each flat, do the wiring and test before applying power to each flat. Obviously they did not follow that procedure correctly.
What procedure should the flat owner/occupiers follow to claim compensation for the damage caused ?
Tony
The block had been converted into three flats and the electricity supplier was fitting three seperate meters for the three flats.
Somehow they managed to connect two phases across the supply to the flats and applying 315 vac to a surge supressor rated at 275 VAC immediately caused it to go s/c. A computer in another flat was also damaged.
I would have expected the correct procedure would have been to disconnect each flat, do the wiring and test before applying power to each flat. Obviously they did not follow that procedure correctly.
What procedure should the flat owner/occupiers follow to claim compensation for the damage caused ?
Tony