Earthing Arrangements Explained + Photo's

[Hohmage]

So what do YOU think about them??

Hi Engineer54. The first few posts were along the lines of a quiz, so I was trying to get people guessing. Perhaps it's so obvious it isn't worth asking, in which case I'll go now! I'm no electrician, but have been told what the system is by the DNO. It's fairly unusual and outdated as far as I know, and I thought people might be interested (as the thread suggested). I have more pics, I was waiting to see if folk needed more. I was ultimately going to ask this question which I don't know the answer to: how safe is it and what can I do to make it safer!

 

[Silly Sausage]

As no one is playing Hohmage's game, I'll take a punt...

It's PNB.

Away you go fellas!

 

[aesmith]

What's going on there? It looks like two cables leaving the pole, but three arriving at the house.

 

[telectrix]

i'd like to see it with the red insulation tape removed.

 

[Knobhead]

What's going on there? It looks like two cables leaving the pole, but three arriving at the house.

There will an intermediate pole or poles with an earth rod.

 

[Hohmage]

Hi folks. yes, intermediate pole with earthing. Didn't mean to mislead anyone. The red tape isn't masking anything, it was covering the exposed copper at the meter tails. I'm guessing that the greenish wire to right of main fuse is the earth. I am trying to post more pics, but have just upgraded machine to Windows 8 and am lost!

 

[Silly Sausage]

Come on Hohmage, what did the DNO say?
Exact wording please!

 

[Hohmage]

Come on Hohmage, what did the DNO say?
Exact wording please!

Chap said "CEW". Couldn't get much more from him. I've Googled CEW and found one reference to it on this forum, someone asking a question about it but no one answered. Anyone know?

 

[Hohmage]

Is it a posh TT? Earthing cable comes down a big pole?

 

[Silly Sausage]

I've found CEW = Continuous Earthwire. (PME or PNB)

Ask on the IET Wiring Regs Forums, they're bound to know!