I would say credible yes.
From experience not at all as whacky as I might have once thought
External garage electricity wrongly connected to neighbours supply
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From experience not at all as whacky as I might have once thought
In the average domestic situation (if such a thing exists) I doubt it would ever be discovered other than a fault (such as this I went out on) or some other works with the power off and the neighbours garage goes off.
One job I was on years back I discovered a room in a house powered from next door which it had previously been part of and the tenant had been there for many years.
Yes totally believeable from my experiences too
Indeed. I recently came across a house in which we discovered (I presume for the first time) that lighting and a couple of sockets in the loft were powered from 'next door' [despite current Building/Fire regs, there was little in the way of a barrier between roof spaces of the two houses - so easily done].
As far as we could ascertain, both houses had most recently been re-wired in the 80's or 90's, so it is quite possible that this situation had existed ('unnoticed') for at least 30-40 years. The wiring was certainly all in 'old colours' and the sockets looked 'pretty old'.
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Pardon?
Long, long ago, I had a top floor flat, in an Victorian converted house, with the power and all gas coin metered, except I found there was one single socket, which I soon discovered - remained on, when the coinage ran out. Obviously a wiring error, bu guess which socket I plugged the heater in?
Hmmm all the wiring on these is red/black, there is a 20 year waranty of some sort and the developer was contacted. So timing must be quite tight on 20 years and I'd have thought - with the detatched garages in a block - these properties would have been more like 80's or even 70's.
Their own staff arrived today to confirm the error then dug a hole between the garages, pulled the cables out and swapped them over.
Their own staff arrived today to confirm the error then dug a hole between the garages, pulled the cables out and swapped them over.
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How many more are likewise?
I can imagine a whole housing estate being done and all it takes is one contractor to say "Well each pair has a 50/50 chance of being right or wrong and I am only one of X contractors! so hey ho.
Without knowing the layout of the the other properties, IE the relative position of the CUs to each other, I don't know the answer but I'd say the chances are quite significantHow many more are likewise?
I can imagine a whole housing estate being done and all it takes is one contractor to say "Well each pair has a 50/50 chance of being right or wrong and I am only one of X contractors! so hey ho.
Agreed - I was alluding to the chance it could be OKish or a complete dogs breakfast but who knows?
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