Two houses, one supply

[young sparky]

Hi all,
I usually do a lot of industrial work, (schools, hospitals and factories etc) but have wired a few houses in my time!
Currently wiring a new house at the moment and the lady I was wiring it for asked me would I speak to the electric board when the call out to the house, they have quoted her around £20,000 to bring a new supply from the nearest transformer to her property, approx 240meters away.
after discussin with the electric company and client he has told us that we could bring a supply from her neighbours house (clients brother) to supply her house which is aprox 40meters away, and talked about putting on a separate meter to calculate units used and split the bill accordingly
all this would have to be done by myself as it would be nothing to do with the electric company as it is a private meter and they are only concerned with anything up as far as the current meter
havent seen in the neighbours yet but should be at least 80 or 100amp supply to his house, but has any1 ever seen or done anything like this, been just thinking about it and problems that could occur with this, any advice welcome, thanks

 

[assegayer]

And what if it Christmas Day an they're cooking dinner and the TV is on and the immersion heater and the heated jet wash is being used while someone is straightening their hair and making tea in the middle of the night with 3kW of security lights on?
Hell, every house is going to need a 1000A TP supply soon!

You'd be surprised at the number of houses still running on 60, 40 or 30A service fuses!

well its possible but not to the extent you described

 

[Andy78]

The next street to me, the whole of it is arranged so that one supply comes into every second house with the adjoining house tapped off it. It's been that way many years more than either me or my dad has been alive and all is well. Same in the house I'm currently rewiring and I'm not concerned about that either.

 

[yellowvanman]

well its possible but not to the extent you described

Have a look at the time characteristics of a 100A fuse (or even a 80A) and see how difficult it is to make it blow in a non fault situation

 

[7029 dave]

Done an job the other week, onsite investigation, meter had been removed by WPD, knocked through to next door both house's supplied by 100amp fuse from next door.

 

[Hawk]

Generator? Lol

 

[PEG]

The cost for a separate supply,was probably supply+do...this can be drastically reduced,if arrangements can be agreed,to excavate the trench,supply the cable,etc.

I have some good friends,in an old established farm-house,where the 100A DNO incomer,feeds three separate dwellings. They are all family,and an agreement of usage,ensures no hiccups,as strange as it sounds,it has worked so far...

The fun begins,on a change of circumstance...extra use,bad winter,or heaven forbid...a sale.

It is at this point,the disaster and expense become a possibility.

I actually have a client where this has and is occurring,and the fact that his elderly relative,is having issues re;means testing for funding care-home provision,as his property has a sub-main from a property he owned years ago,and pays his electricity bill,to the new owner.

The fact that his dwelling does not have its' own supply arrangement,is flagging it as "possibly uninhabitable" and therefore unsaleable.

 

[hairy g string]

along a similar topic recently got called out to a farm/stable with a 100amp cut out single phase that had blown.further investigation revealed the farmer was renting out 10 caravans to workers from nearby building site[mon to fri].each caravan had a 2kw heater electric kettles fridge etc.Come 5pm when the guys get home for there hard earned dinner BANG.sse changed cut out fuse .two days later same thing again.advised customer that if he was going to continue in the caravan rental game a 3phase supply would be the only way forward.never heard back.probably choked to death on the sse upgrade quote.

 

[Octopus]

Lol, I know, I would be splitting the tails before the main switch of the first house, I think the guy from the electric board said it was a 95mm supplying the first house from the transformer, this may sound like a silly question tho but I have never seen this done or done anything like it before

You and your customer would benefit from watching Grand Designs 30th sept 2015

 

[Leesparkykent]

You and your customer would benefit from watching Grand Designs 30th sept 2015

I see that...I thought it would of been more than 15k.

 

[Octopus]

I see that...I thought it would of been more than 15k.

I think his saying was the fact his mate dug the trench for the cable - that was another £1500

 

[Leesparkykent]

I think his saying was the fact his mate dug the trench for the cable - that was another £1500

Yeah but when you see the new pole mounted TX going in...I thought that's not going to be cheap lol.

 

[Hellmooth]

What episode is it do you know?

 

[Octopus]

What episode is it do you know?

post #23

 

[Hellmooth]

Yeah I searched YouTube for it but couldn't find it, was all episode numbers not dates.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Yeah I searched YouTube for it but couldn't find it, was all episode numbers not dates.

Episode 4 I think.

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