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Been on a job in Warmley this afternoon, customer told by Knowhow/curry's that she has reversed polarity so couldnt connect washing machine. worryingly all faceplates were metal so not ideal!
Go out and 230 between neutral and earth,nothing between line and earth. called western power who sent somebody out, result they took out cables between cutout outgoing ways and meter swapped them over to give the house correct polarity.
They say not the dno's fault as there supply is fine, but the cables from cutout to meter and then on to CU all followed through as correct polarity the problem appeared to me to be pre cut out. didnt test it from where i was stood.
Is it okay for them to simply swap the cables without checking the actual supply? walked in put a socket tester in and said everything is okay now and off they went.
Meter changed 2012 card says polarity okay, nothing been touched since!
consumer unit changed and rewired early 2006 by Mr electric franchise who decide to leave the tails hanging out the bottom on a 6+ meter run without a switched fuse. also put all sockets on one mcb due to tripping apparently.
all in the level of workmanship seems to be below what i would be happy with.
I have tightened the tails and advised them the tails need some attention,suggested to put a switched fuse in and extend the tails so they can be clipped and not hang down with stuff pushing against them and almost pulling them out. also should they be replaced in full?
Without the byb to hand as it is in van,so cant check regs. these tails run under the bathroom floor out to the meter and then inside, through out the run they have what appears just single layer of insulation and no 2nd sheath... shouldn't they be protected from mechanical damage somehow?
Go out and 230 between neutral and earth,nothing between line and earth. called western power who sent somebody out, result they took out cables between cutout outgoing ways and meter swapped them over to give the house correct polarity.
They say not the dno's fault as there supply is fine, but the cables from cutout to meter and then on to CU all followed through as correct polarity the problem appeared to me to be pre cut out. didnt test it from where i was stood.
Is it okay for them to simply swap the cables without checking the actual supply? walked in put a socket tester in and said everything is okay now and off they went.
Meter changed 2012 card says polarity okay, nothing been touched since!
consumer unit changed and rewired early 2006 by Mr electric franchise who decide to leave the tails hanging out the bottom on a 6+ meter run without a switched fuse. also put all sockets on one mcb due to tripping apparently.
all in the level of workmanship seems to be below what i would be happy with.
I have tightened the tails and advised them the tails need some attention,suggested to put a switched fuse in and extend the tails so they can be clipped and not hang down with stuff pushing against them and almost pulling them out. also should they be replaced in full?
Without the byb to hand as it is in van,so cant check regs. these tails run under the bathroom floor out to the meter and then inside, through out the run they have what appears just single layer of insulation and no 2nd sheath... shouldn't they be protected from mechanical damage somehow?