Indeed. What rather surprises me is that the meter bears a 1990 date, so must have been installed then or later, and I'm rather surprised that ("that late") they were prepared/happy to connect those outgoing tails to it!It's all in a dangerous condition, and should have been removed decades ago - as in it was due for replacement in the early 1970s.
Bit of a mess unfortunately, first point of call I'd be emailing pictures of the lot to the dno, explain you can't get anyone to work on it due to the rubber clad incoming supply and ask what they can do for you, you want an isolator fitting as a minimum with the ideal being the incoming and meter head replacing at their cost.
If their unwilling to help then you are down to removing the fuse yourself and fitting your own isolator and tails then sorting the rest of the mess out but I'd be surprised if the dno won't help with the install being so old
Cheers I'll contact Electricity North WestTheir the only ones who are 'technically' allowed to fit an isolator as it involves removing their fuse.
They are also the only ones who can replace the ageing incoming supply as it's theirs, yes they won't get involved with anything after the meter but it's going to be one step at a time getting that lot sorted and you need an isolator to begin with.
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DNO have come back to me and said that the meter and isolator is not their responsibility -Bit of a mess unfortunately, first point of call I'd be emailing pictures of the lot to the dno, explain you can't get anyone to work on it due to the rubber clad incoming supply and ask what they can do for you, you want an isolator fitting as a minimum with the ideal being the incoming and meter head replacing at their cost.
If their unwilling to help then you are down to removing the fuse yourself and fitting your own isolator and tails then sorting the rest of the mess out but I'd be surprised if the dno won't help with the install being so old
Indeed. What rather surprises me is that the meter bears a 1990 date, so must have been installed then or later, and I'm rather surprised that ("that late") they were prepared/happy to connect those outgoing tails to it!
Kind Regards, John
Yes, but the 'worst' of those outgoing tails (from the meter) clearly pre-date 1990 by a long time, so presumably they must have been (re-) connected by whoever installed the meter (in 1990 or later), mustn't they?they perhaps didn't connect those tails. For it's age, it appears to have and awful lot of fuses for a domestic property, a time when not many individual circuits were needed or installed.
It looks to me like the outer sheath is sticking out past where the cores leave it.Is it just me or does the cable from the meter to the shower isolator look to have been cut? It just sort of stops.
@plugwash has called it correctly here.It looks to me like the outer sheath is sticking out past where the cores leave it.
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