Has this any failings do you think? The door can be replaced.

There may have been an insulating plate that has been removed, to cover the live parts above the fuse carriers. The door will not come off as the 90 degree hinges and the fixing screws will hold it securely in place to keep fingers and asbestos sniffers out.

Z.

Oh yes, the live busbars are above the big white fuse carriers Mike. I seem to remember a paxolin plate that covers the live parts even with the door open. The running repairs were necessary after fuse carrier fingers corroded or burnt away after many overloads from the 1960s. Hot wire fuses.

Z.

Ah holiday chalets.... that makes it all OK then ;-) I presume it is on a wonky unistrut post about 3ft high at the corner of a track between 2 chalets , and it makes sense as 3 groups of 3 fuses 3Red, 3yellow 3 Blue from left to right,

I presume the slydlock fuses (the botttom 2 RHS) are street lights.

In similar odd emergency cases I have used the jumbo metal strap band (rather like overgrown hose clip, found  in the aircon dept) to hold boxes together where hinges have rotted off and there was not so much to screw to with confidence.

It is however very much 'walking wounded' the owners need to budget for a new one alongside at some  point soon;-)

Mike

In a word, yes, there were at least two if not three paxoline guards to prevent anybody touching the live bars feeding the fuse carriers, also same on the botto covering outgoing conductors and one for over the neutral bar. If you look at the extreme left and right hand sides those little stand offs with the groove slot in them was where they were fitted. So you basically placed one end of the paxoline in one standoff and at the other you opened a bit and let the paxoline sit in the groove, that was it and all pretty solid when it was done. The little threaded screw on the standoffs just in front of the groove you fully tihtened it, and that was the position for removing the paxoline cover, you actually loosened the screw out a number of turns and that then stopped anybody removing the paxoline.

Issue was of course the screws went missing followed by the paxoline. The incoming three Line conductors just bolted straight onto each of the bars feeding the fuse carriers, and from the pic looks like somebody has fitted a switch/joint in each of the incoming line conductors plus another couple of fuse carriers. Yes asbestos cloth would have been within each of those carriers.

Enclosure looks correctly mounted to me, door hinged on the left hand side and could be lifted right off if required when door in a certain position. Made by MEM if my memory serves me correctly.

I remember working on these or more likley removing them during the 80's.

GTB

It is housed in a nice dry intake room shed with the main 400 Amp D.N.O. fuses. The chalet park owners' association is very careful with money. An upgrade may not be on the cards for another few decades!

Z.

You get full marks for experience and correct observation GTB. I believe that the paxolin panels are present but were removed for the photo.

Z.

Well spotted that man!

So what is supporting the three fastenings top left in the photo?

The top of the ceramic fuse carrier bases have flat bus-bars that are held by screws onto the fuse bases and internal contacts. Because some of the fuse carriers have suffered from heat/corrosion damage "repairs" have been made. Electrically it is sound and still in full working order.

Z.

"Is there no end to the carp work carried out by the great British bodger?" Never was, never will be John

No, that's not it. I appreciate that you have seen it in the flesh, but there are at least 3 fastenings, possibly 5 lying on the floor of the box - the side with the hinges. So either gravity has put them there, or somebody is playing games with a magnet.

By my reckoning, the L2 switch should be upright.