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BD10NER

Hi all

Some of ya might remember, i started my nephews bathroom last year complete rip out and new everything.
anyway i asked about his shower 10.kw triton, got good feed back and told nephew he needs qualified
part p reg sparky, job went ---- up when he lost job etc, but is back on the go again ...today a sparky has
gone and wired up the shower BUT he has used the old wire from old shower , the problem is if my memory
serves me i was told that a 10.5 kw needs to be wired with 10mm wire ? the old shower was 8.5 and 6mm wire.

I told my nephew that he should not have used the old wire, but sparky said i'm not the electrician he his ?
should he have given my nephew a part p certificate of the job. ?
 
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Yes fella, but like i said before its nephews money up to him...and NO I HAVE NOT DONE IT....i am just relaying what i have found out today
thats why i'm double checking....micknew, if i wanted to do it i would've and used the correct wire..but i'm not qualified...be constructive or **** off you ********...i'm trying to help my family you ****ing moron.
 
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I am in charge of maintenance for a block of flats. Each flat has its own meter and 60 amp supply. I know the individual flats are responsible for the distribution board and everything else inside each flat - but there is a fault with one flat, in the main 60-amp fuse box (not DB) that protects the meter, in other words the main fuse that is upstream of the meter, that used to be called the company's fuse. The fuseholder is damaged and unuseable.

National Grid emergency help line sent an engineer who turned the supply off but says it isn't their responsibility to repair, so whose is it? is it the landlords of the block or the supplier to fix this? any ideas and where can I find the official answer?

Next question - where to get a new metal fuse box (not DB) for this 60A fuse? I have a flat in darkness tonight :).

Thanks, Alan.
 
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BD10NER said:
Yes fella, but like i said before its nephews money up to him...and NO I HAVE NOT DONE IT....i am just relaying what i have found out today
thats why i'm double checking....micknew, if i wanted to do it i would've and used the correct wire..but i'm not qualified...be constructive or **** off you ********...i'm trying to help my family you ****ing moron.
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Why you getting so aggressive when you were offered the chance for a reputable member on here to come and quote for the job free of charge.

oh that's right it's someone who knows about electrics that's doing the work not a army, now it's gone ---- up that £ 50 saved isn't such value for money is it.
 
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BD10NER said:
Yes fella, but like i said before its nephews money up to him...and NO I HAVE NOT DONE IT....i am just relaying what i have found out today
thats why i'm double checking....micknew, if i wanted to do it i would've and used the correct wire..but i'm not qualified...be constructive or **** off you ********...i'm trying to help my family you ****ing moron.
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In Mick's defence he didn't say you were a DIYer did he? Getting abusive to a member on here is not the way to get the help that your nephew needs.
Enjoy the rest of your time here, I suspect it won't be long with that attitude.
 
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Geordie Spark said:
Not again surely??

Glenn has a very responsible job ....... when it all goes ---- up - HE'S responsible for it !!! ;)
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Tanker222 said:
I am in charge of maintenance for a block of flats. Each flat has its own meter and 60 amp supply. I know the individual flats are responsible for the distribution board and everything else inside each flat - but there is a fault with one flat, in the main 60-amp fuse box (not DB) that protects the meter, in other words the main fuse that is upstream of the meter, that used to be called the company's fuse. The fuseholder is damaged and unuseable.

National Grid emergency help line sent an engineer who turned the supply off but says it isn't their responsibility to repair, so whose is it? is it the landlords of the block or the supplier to fix this? any ideas and where can I find the official answer?

Next question - where to get a new metal fuse box (not DB) for this 60A fuse? I have a flat in darkness tonight :).

Thanks, Alan.
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Possibly a bit late as the thread is in another post, however you should contact the electricity supplier for the property.

They will keep you waiting for awhile and eventually arrange for someone to come out and repair this.

Your distribution network operator will be UK power networks

  • South East England (UK Power Networks) - 0845 601 5467

    Emergency
    contacts
    London
    0800 028 0247
    South East of England
    0800 783 8866
    East of England
    0800 783 8838

    who may help if the supplier is not useful.
    This picture shows the areas of responsibility for a standard head, yours is just somewhat extended.
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Richard Burns said:
  • This picture shows the areas of responsibility for a standard head, yours is just somewhat extended.
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On which particular day as decided by which particular organisation?! Because these days in my experience, responsibility for anything south of the tails terminals in the DB seems to change like the wind and the buck passed more frequently than a joint on a school bus.!!
 
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BD10NER said:
Yes fella, but like i said before its nephews money up to him...and NO I HAVE NOT DONE IT....i am just relaying what i have found out today
thats why i'm double checking....micknew, if i wanted to do it i would've and used the correct wire..but i'm not qualified...be constructive or **** off you ********...i'm trying to help my family you ****ing moron.
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As the late Michael Winner or David Cameron would have said "calm down dear"

and check this out from the plumbers forum, must be the same guy!

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-forum/27099-plumbing-leccy-shower.html
 
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but have you read the response he got.... frightening.

However, if your like most people and your connecting it up to the old style consumer unit and your house isn't 17th edition compliant it wouldn't do any harm using a bit of earth cable.
 
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Thanks Richard, that diagram looks clear, does it come from some regulations that I could quote to UKPN? because it's a block of flats and UKPN says they are responsible only as far as where the cable enters the building from the street.

Also, if it's on another thread, do you know offhand which thread?

Thanks, Alan.
 
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