What is this?

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Could anyone please tell me what this is? It's in the living room if the house I've just bought. The fuse box is in another room.

I've no idea whether or not it's safe.
 

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Suggest speaking to the DNO to have it moved to a more appropriate location for safety and convenience or having it boxed in with fire retardant materials BUT still accessible.
 
DNO's break their own rules about pipe clamps on PILC cable...
 
My thought when I saw the photo was "No, it is not necessarily safe because of that earth clamp".

Q: Who puts a service head in a living room?

A: Probably nobody.

Q: Who puts a living room around a service head?

A: Perhaps someone who's done a quick & dirty property refurb or split?


pm110 - I advise asking your DNO to come and have a look at it - tell them you are concerned about the use of a BS951 clamp on the cable instead of a constant force spring, and you're wondering if unauthorised work might have been done.
 
They will probably blame others for fitting the EC14 when it was most likely their own work...
 

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