Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!!!!

[john999uk]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

2.5mm2 radial sockets are generally no problem on a 15A fuse. Don't panic just yet :lol:

Thanks
So far all sockets correct polarity and all sockets have an earth (don't know how good). 1 socket wired as spur from cooker isolator (so that will have to go when spark arrives). So far light switches have earths again no idea how good they are and all cables look like pvc and correct diameter. So not as bad as it could be
Thanks.

 

[telectrix]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

john, you have got as far as i think you can with checking your installation. the next step requires test equipment to ensure that the cabling is sound. with all due respect, you can't inspect all the under floor and buried in walls cables. this is where testing comes in. i will be visiting blackpool some time in the next 2 weeks and am happy to give you a quick courtesy call, not to do a full eicr, but to have a chat and a quick look-see. that would give me some sort of idea how much of a job an eicr would be.

 

[john999uk]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

That is a very kind offer. As you know you have a PM
Cheers
As you say without appropriate test kit and knowledge there is only so much I can do. With the help of the forum at least I will be able to give sparky a bit of help with labelling etc.

Thanks very much.

 

[ezzzekiel]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

providing submain cabling is ok then at this point there would be no need to worry about 100a supply, sort out each flat first then forget it, if you were to have problems the intake could be upgraded at a later date and would still only feed 40-50a feeds to flats anyway like they already have

 

[john999uk]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

Just to update. Telectrix very kindly called in yesterday as he was a couple of streets away on a job. Sorry we had run out of coffee, now stocked up He had a look and I am fairly sure that we will ask him to do some remedial work and then test building. He was a great help explaining things and putting them in context. I have some bits and bobs to sort out then I will see when he can fit us in.
So thanks very much Telectrix and forum members, speak to you soon Tel.
Thanks

 

[john999uk]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

Another update. Just had the quote in from Electricity North West for a new 3 phase supply. £2400 inc Vat. But I have to have trench dug on my property! I believe that the supply cable is right outside my front gate so they need to dig a 1m hole to get a cable to my property then I have to get a 5m trench dug to meter location. Their quote for their digging seems very expensive at over £1000.
Anyway Telectrix doesn't think we need it so that is very handy as didn't have £3000 spare!

Hopefully getting Telectrix to do some work and the testing in Jan.

Cheers.

 

[High Tower]

Good one tel!!!

 

[john999uk]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

Just to finish off this thread. Telectrix made 2 visits and fitted some RCBO's, a new 10 way consumer unit, and tested everything. So in the end the bill wasn't too bad considering what I was originally told was required by a local electrician.

What I thought was going to be our biggest problem i.e. in our apartment some sockets and all the lights were all fed from a 30amp fuse, turned out to be not too bad at all. Some muppet had plaster boarded over a 4 way fuse board!!! It was completely hidden in a wall, wall papered over as well!!! So the 30amp fuse was actually feeding a sub board and that tested out OK. It did take me 2 days to find it though!!!! I used a cheap (£18) tone generator tester to track it down, although I did have to dig a few other holes in walls to trace the cables leading to and from it.

So thanks very much to Tel for his work and thanks to the forum for all your Very helpful advice.

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

This thread has been a good read!

 

[Stroppy]

Re: Holiday Flats - electrical test - consumer units - supply cables - very worried!

I love a happy ending. (oo-err missus!)