My builder's electrician installed this builders electrics supply after the service head was moved. I just noticed that the electrician installed two double sockets as well before the meter was fitted. I called him today to ask him about it but he said it was fine as it is. Is this legal?
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Are you saying there is no electricity meter?
If so, best get your man to disconnect those sockets a bit quick.
Or maybe a 'lock' on the main switch of the board may be ok for now.
Either way, you don't want to be using free electricity.
If so, best get your man to disconnect those sockets a bit quick.
Or maybe a 'lock' on the main switch of the board may be ok for now.
Either way, you don't want to be using free electricity.
NO, unless you sign a contract with an electricity supplier who will charge for an agreed number of un-metered kilowatt hours per week. You would have to convince them how much power you will use and for how many hours per week. Highly likely you would pay a lot more per unit used this way that if you get a meter instaled. The same princible as used for lamposts which do not have a meter but then the load ( the lamp ) is fixed and the hours it is on are known so an accurate price can be calculated.
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Also, has a PME sticker on the head, but appears the earth is coming from elsewhere, earth rod perhaps?
Not too sure now. Can't SEE a meter in the picture. And the meter would be on some regulation chipboard.
I take the meter has not been fitted yet, hence the worry about sockets connected up.
Unless it's now mounted separately above this lot and the cable disappearing off the top of the picture goe to it. The angle of them though, it does look as though it's just loops of cable off the top of the photo that we can't see.
Your supplier won't like that at all. It needs metering, you won't even use that much electric during construction.
Meter man is likely to kick off when he turns up.
I hope so, PME is not permitted for this arrangement.
Edit:
I wouldn't have put that earth block there, I would have supported the cables, especially the long tails and earth cable. I would not have put the 2 double sockets butted together one on top of the other. I would have filled in the tested dates. I would not have put my company name on it if I was stealing electricity. I would not be stealing electricity.
Due to it's a temporary building/construction site requiring a 30ma RCD?
No, because it's too much effort to meet the requirements:
704.411.3.1:A PME earthing facility shall not be used as the means of earthing for an installation falling within the scope of this section (construction and demolition site installations) unless all extraneous-conductive-parts are reliably connected to the main earthing terminal in accordance with 411.3.1.2.
NOTE: If the PME earthing facility is considered for use see also BS 7375.
I don't have a copy of BS 7375 as it's £158.00
704.411.3.1:A PME earthing facility shall not be used as the means of earthing for an installation falling within the scope of this section (construction and demolition site installations) unless all extraneous-conductive-parts are reliably connected to the main earthing terminal in accordance with 411.3.1.2.
NOTE: If the PME earthing facility is considered for use see also BS 7375.
I don't have a copy of BS 7375 as it's £158.00
Some people here obviously use different rules to me for comprehending "before the meter was fitted"...
Another of those potential ambiguities of the English language, I suppose. How about ...
"I re-painted the object before any rust was present"? That doesn't imply that rust was ever necessarily present, does it?
In context, if there actually is still no meter, maybe it would have been clearer to say "before a (or 'any') meter was fitted" ?
Kind Regards, John
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