Rules and Guidelines
Want to participate in the discussions? Please read our Community Rules and Guidelines. Need some help? Visit Support and Answers.

  • Replies 12 replies
  • Subscribers 36 subscribers
  • Views 1941 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
You may also be interested in

Shoddy workmanship.

Chris Pearson

I'd be interested to have comments on this morning's installation please. Just the meter was installed today. Before and after photographs are shown.

The premises are a new garage and workshop complex. Three phases are available in the garage and one of the phases is taken across to the existing installation in the main house via the switch-fuse.

Parents

  • What's the problem?  The meter fitter has fitted the meter and provided a 3-phase isolator.  Then they re-connected the existing single phase installation to it.

    There's a couple of random bits of brown wire going goodness only knows where.  I don't suppose the meter installer would want to connect them up in case something went "bang" and they got blamed.

    The customer can now call out their eletrician to remove the redundant single phase isolator and reconfigure everything as three phase.

Reply

  • What's the problem?  The meter fitter has fitted the meter and provided a 3-phase isolator.  Then they re-connected the existing single phase installation to it.

    There's a couple of random bits of brown wire going goodness only knows where.  I don't suppose the meter installer would want to connect them up in case something went "bang" and they got blamed.

    The customer can now call out their eletrician to remove the redundant single phase isolator and reconfigure everything as three phase.

Children

Join us to get the best from IET EngX.

Joining EngX lets you personalise your experience so you stay up to date on the topics that interest you, plus you’ll be able to make connections who are looking to collaborate, exchange ideas and more.

Join us Not now

Community Rules & Guidelines