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Fuseboard origin

lyledunn

This arrangement was at the intake position of a vehicle workshop with no upstream isolator. Change fuses at your peril!

Any one familiar with set-up, I remember something similar in my daughter's ancient apartment in Romania.

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    About 6 years ago I did a consumer unit change in a large property in the posh part of a small town in Cheshire. TT with re-wirable fuses, exposed live parts in the consumer unit , which was metal and seven foot off the floor above a toilet with no RCD protection. In passing the customer complained about the long time it took to cook Christmas lunch. When finishing at about 18:00,  with the customer wanting to get rid of me so they could cook their dinner, I did my final test on the Zs on the cooker circuit and noticed the voltage was 190V. It was the same on other circuits. The Ze and voltage had been OK when tested earlier. I advised the customer to complain to the emergency number on their bill.  I spoke to them some weeks later and they told me their supplier said it was OK and they would be taking no further action! I have not spoken to them since so have not idea if it was ever fixed. Normally I would have phoned the supplier my self but the customer had Alzheimers and his visiting daughter was deperalty trying to get rid of me as the day had been very stressful for him and he wanted his dinner

    It is not just overseas that has low voltage problems.

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    About 6 years ago I did a consumer unit change in a large property in the posh part of a small town in Cheshire. TT with re-wirable fuses, exposed live parts in the consumer unit , which was metal and seven foot off the floor above a toilet with no RCD protection. In passing the customer complained about the long time it took to cook Christmas lunch. When finishing at about 18:00,  with the customer wanting to get rid of me so they could cook their dinner, I did my final test on the Zs on the cooker circuit and noticed the voltage was 190V. It was the same on other circuits. The Ze and voltage had been OK when tested earlier. I advised the customer to complain to the emergency number on their bill.  I spoke to them some weeks later and they told me their supplier said it was OK and they would be taking no further action! I have not spoken to them since so have not idea if it was ever fixed. Normally I would have phoned the supplier my self but the customer had Alzheimers and his visiting daughter was deperalty trying to get rid of me as the day had been very stressful for him and he wanted his dinner

    It is not just overseas that has low voltage problems.

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