Dangerous electric usage?

[bernardgreen]

The cable anchorages are dubious without any visible protective cable clamping.

 

[PhillipD]

Thanks - I'm currently trying to get the city council interested, but they're not so far!

 

[vospy88]

Hey, that doesn’t sound right. Running a cable across a public road can be pretty risky, especially if it’s not properly insulated, protected, or marked, and it could be a tripping hazard or even dangerous if the cable gets damaged. Usually any cabling over a public area needs approval from the council or utility company and should be set up safely with signage or barriers. I’d suggest contacting your local council’s building or safety department so they can check if it’s up to regulations, and in the meantime it’s best to keep clear of the cable and make sure others do too.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks - I'm currently trying to get the city council interested, but they're not so far!

Ring your local DNO, they will be very interested, and send someone out immediately. If you are in Nottinghamshire, this will likely be Nationalgrid, just dial 105. They will deal with it, as an emergency situation.

 

[opps]

Wow, the store has a one star food hygiene rating...

Kheras Stores | Rating Business Details | Food Hygiene Ratings

The cable wasn't there in 2017

File:Kheras Store, Whitemoor Road - geograph.org.uk - 7427245.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Aside from the risk in exporting power, overhead, over a public highway - there the potential risk of the two supplies being on different phases of the supply.

 

[martygturner]

Personally that looks like a telecoms cable not a power cable could just be for an alarm or cctv if its a refurb, lots of pricey materials left on site...£11 a bag for plaster, just as expensive as board..

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Personally that looks like a telecoms cable not a power cable could just be for an alarm or cctv if its a refurb, lots of pricey materials left on site...£11 a bag for plaster, just as expensive as board..

Wireless, would more safely and easily achieve that.

 

[mattylad]

There are loads of unsupported cables strung across the road in most towns.

I wonder if PhillipD has considered joining his local neighborhood watch group?

 

[Munroast]

considering all the other dangerous crap going on in society now, this must be very low in priority.

Is there another motive behind the complaint ?

Aside from the risk in exporting power, overhead, over a public highway - there the potential risk of the two supplies being on different phases of the supply.

?

presumably the other property does not have a supply, may be he is trying to get some work done so as he can connect it - If it is only up for a couple of weeks then let him get on with it. probably someone working 16 hours a day trying to get on

It's those that won't work that pish me off - report them instead

 

[pete01]

I would probably mind my own business...probably

 

[martygturner]

There are loads of unsupported cables strung across the road in most towns.

I wonder if PhillipD has considered joining his local neighborhood watch group?

that depends whats at the end of the line..not all cctv is wireless or indeed alarms.

 

[blup]

Thanks - I'm currently trying to get the city council interested, but they're not so far!

Hang a few EU flags from it, get the gammons excited

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I would probably mind my own business...probably

A 3-core flex, was never designed to be simply draped, without any support, over any distance, and copper stretches easily, certainly not across a public road. It seems it has simply been lashed to the pub sign bracket, which is at risk due to abrasion of the flex, to become live. Then, if it rains, the metal bracket will make the surface of the wall live.

Safety, especially of the public, is everyone's business.

 

[pete01]

A 3-core flex, was never designed to be simply draped, without any support, over any distance, certainly not across a public road. It seems it has simply been lashed to the pub sign bracket, which is at risk due to abrasion of the flex, to become live. Then, if it rains, the metal bracket will make the surface of the wall live.

Safety, especially of the public, is everyone's business.

If I was on a day out in say....Blackpool ...and saw a flex like that I would just carry on with my day....

But I do see your point