Fused neutrals...

The idea that the main intake is locked away is not encouraging, when it may be your isolation of last resort, and may well have a newer and more sensibly rated fuse than the one you have just pulled, which seems to contain the 4 inches of coat hanger wire beloved of the artful bodger trying to get the power on in a hurry. (muppet just about cuts it..)

It may be worth trying to get to see that main intake - it may be safer to bypass this rubber covered double pole fused asbestos loaded nonsense altogether and just add a switched fuse.

Oh, and where in all this line up is the metering ?


Note that some DNOs, UKPN among them, now like to see a means of isolation beside the intake in situations with a rambling pre meter building network - once upon a time that would have been a great no-no, but the H and S consideration overrides the small increase in abstraction risk from the isolator.

see A12 in this UKPN guide for building networks.


Of course it may be that the incomer is also from the dark ages, and in that case the DNO need to be told, and they will probably not work on it at all, but do a cut and shut onto the supply cable  a bit further back - their rules often put asbestos as riskier than live jointing old cables, which is sobering.

The idea that the main intake is locked away is not encouraging, when it may be your isolation of last resort, and may well have a newer and more sensibly rated fuse than the one you have just pulled, which seems to contain the 4 inches of coat hanger wire beloved of the artful bodger trying to get the power on in a hurry. (muppet just about cuts it..)

It may be worth trying to get to see that main intake - it may be safer to bypass this rubber covered double pole fused asbestos loaded nonsense altogether and just add a switched fuse.

Oh, and where in all this line up is the metering ?


Note that some DNOs, UKPN among them, now like to see a means of isolation beside the intake in situations with a rambling pre meter building network - once upon a time that would have been a great no-no, but the H and S consideration overrides the small increase in abstraction risk from the isolator.

see A12 in this UKPN guide for building networks.


Of course it may be that the incomer is also from the dark ages, and in that case the DNO need to be told, and they will probably not work on it at all, but do a cut and shut onto the supply cable  a bit further back - their rules often put asbestos as riskier than live jointing old cables, which is sobering.