Evening all. Today I was invited to look at a friend's latest project, a town center workshop-----garage. He is planning on turning it into a furniture shop. He has had a 'handyman' in doing some work for him, including electrics. Apparently there was no fusebox at all and no lighting, sockets or other circuits whatsoever. This guy has fitted a new CU and started to wire lighting and sockets, made a right dog's dinner of it too. I noticed that the neutral tail coming from the ancient meter appears to be a 6mm (at most) aluminium conductor, the line is the same size but of copper. Also, the fuse carrier appears damaged as well as being an antique. They have been terminated into the new CU. I only had a few mins to look around, but my friend says he has been in touch with the DNO as well as his supplier for his shop next door and their is no record of a supply at all at the premises, even though it is live. He is tempted to just use it and get free electric.
The whole DNO side of this installation needs replacing. I am not overly happy with doing anything to the consumers side until it is all rectified. I have told him this and I think he is going to just leave what this guy has done in place (after all, it works doesn't it?). Which is entirely up to him. Am I being overly jobsworthish here. What would you guys do?
The whole DNO side of this installation needs replacing. I am not overly happy with doing anything to the consumers side until it is all rectified. I have told him this and I think he is going to just leave what this guy has done in place (after all, it works doesn't it?). Which is entirely up to him. Am I being overly jobsworthish here. What would you guys do?
