Stolen live 3ph service head !!!

[oracle]

Few years ago a guy was electrocuted after climbing a fence, clearly labelled with danger notices, breaking a door lock and trying to steal copper from inside the local sub station .

Huge amount of sympathetic response from community about his death. They felt more should be done to prevent "accidents" like that happening.

 

[Dave OCD]

Is that supply cable ferruled - or aluminium ?

 

[StephenRowley]

Nice to see the old colours

Tryig to remember from college but I presume DNO are like us at transmission where we still use the old colours.

 

[snowhead]

Trying to remember from college but I presume DNO are like us at transmission where we still use the CORRECT colours.

Sorted that for you.

Yes fixed wiring only, not Distribution.

22-03-2004 New European harmonised cable colours - https://www.voltimum.co.uk/articles/22-03-2004-new-european-harmonised

 

[JD6400]

Is that supply cable ferruled - or aluminium ?

Nope that's the aluminium service cable .
It was about 20ft longer and made of in a bungalow , but our client had it removed / cut shorter and placed at the side of the site before they demolished the bungalow ready for new build.

 

[Dave OCD]

It doesn't look much of a size for an aluminium service cable, from memory my local DNO use/have used a minimum of 35mm on ali.

 

[JD6400]

Hi Dave , not that I have seen in side a head before , honest me lord!
But it looks pretty much standard for 69kva from UKPN .
Having said that it could have been a 60 / 80amp supply in the bungalow but we were not involved with the supply move , hence the upside down meter box as noticed by littlespark in a previous post.