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Recently a whole street in Islington was off supply, On investigation it was found that a 4mm sq street lighting cable was damaged, and because it was directly fed off a 300 sq.mm. street main fused at 500 amps, with no protection whatsoever, it simply burnt itself back to the street main, flashed over at the joint, and took out the whole street's supply. The strong burning smells in the area over the past few days would have been a clue. The flashover also damaged the pavement surface - it was mastic asphalt paving.
Do you think Part P or similar should be extended to DNO works, where cowboy work such as this gets done?
Do you think Part P or similar should be extended to DNO works, where cowboy work such as this gets done?