Hello all,
I think this may be a controversial question, but here goes..
I have passed my domestic installers course and will be getting registered soon (so showing a CU change would be good). I would like to update my consumer unit and have read many of the posts on this site regarding that...
Just picked up another batch of labels from SSE as per the link below.
Why can't other DNO's make life this easy? http://www.ssepd.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Controls/Lists/Connections/Electrical_contractors/RemovalAndReplacementOfCutOutSeals.pdf
Good afternoon folks,
i was helping out a fellow spark today as i often do and he often helps me when needed. We were doing a CU change on a certain property and it involved upgrading the main bonds from 4mm to 10mm. We could get to the incomers easily but the problem is that since the old...
I have a customer who wants rid of economy 7.
here is a picture of the supply & meter + teleswitch
can I go ahead and remove this myself ? or with permission of the DNO ? is that likely
thanks
Hello,
I am a householder who has a potentially dangerous installation.
A second (redundant) Wylex consumer unit with one fused carrier is connected directly to our electricity meter, with no separate isolator other than the switch on the box (meter tails would obviously be live, with no way of...
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