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Evening all, go gentle on my for my first post
I purchased a property in January, and we have planned to fit a downstairs toilet. Upon further inspection I believe that it appears that the DNO have fitted a 'newer' (I say newer as it's not new given that I had the old fuses removed from my last property and upgraded to the new ones) single phase 100A fuse below the meter (shown below):
https://s8.postimg.org/8cbrr1p45/IMG_5037.jpg
Now, my instincts tell me that it seems that the DNO have run a spur from the newer fuse into the older VIR and Bakelite fuse (as shown below):
https://s8.postimg.org/4fyfv2bud/IMG_5036.jpg
https://s8.postimg.org/5v00jrxhx/IMG_5041.jpg
My questions are:
- am I correct that they've done this?
- is there a limited supply chain and limited access to acquire the 100A incoming fuses?
- why would they have done this?
- am I within my rights to demand that the DNO address this and remedy the problem that has been caused?
I did have a survey done on the house, however the incoming fuse was hidden by a large freezer that took up all of the space under the stairs. I also appreciate that questions 2-4 are rendered useless unless my gut instinct (very much as an amateur) is correct from question 1. Having had older fuses done at my last property I know that they get rid of the VIR cable and the rest of the older stuff, so I'm perplexed as to why they did that. The old fella was a looked after person, so maybe someone has diddled him.
Thanks in advance
I purchased a property in January, and we have planned to fit a downstairs toilet. Upon further inspection I believe that it appears that the DNO have fitted a 'newer' (I say newer as it's not new given that I had the old fuses removed from my last property and upgraded to the new ones) single phase 100A fuse below the meter (shown below):
https://s8.postimg.org/8cbrr1p45/IMG_5037.jpg
Now, my instincts tell me that it seems that the DNO have run a spur from the newer fuse into the older VIR and Bakelite fuse (as shown below):
https://s8.postimg.org/4fyfv2bud/IMG_5036.jpg
https://s8.postimg.org/5v00jrxhx/IMG_5041.jpg
My questions are:
- am I correct that they've done this?
- is there a limited supply chain and limited access to acquire the 100A incoming fuses?
- why would they have done this?
- am I within my rights to demand that the DNO address this and remedy the problem that has been caused?
I did have a survey done on the house, however the incoming fuse was hidden by a large freezer that took up all of the space under the stairs. I also appreciate that questions 2-4 are rendered useless unless my gut instinct (very much as an amateur) is correct from question 1. Having had older fuses done at my last property I know that they get rid of the VIR cable and the rest of the older stuff, so I'm perplexed as to why they did that. The old fella was a looked after person, so maybe someone has diddled him.
Thanks in advance