Cutout, Meter and Fusebox - Who Owns What?
2019 ж. 25 Қаз.
219 299 Рет қаралды
Overview of a smaller UK domestic electrical installation, covering who owns which piece of equipment and what each item is for.
Who to call if the meter and cutout need relocating, and why never to attempt moving them yourself.
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Can I install my own metre?
Thank you, I've been without power for 5 days now with 2 kids because everyone I called was refusing responsibility, now I know it's my building manager, I'll be getting them told again. Thank you.
My nans old cottage in huntingdon (UK) had bare wires running across the beams (assume these were live & neutral/ earth) in her 5' high cellar, these wires were attached to small white insulators about every three feet that had been nailed to the wood beams.
That took me back, when I was an electrician back in the 70s I fitted scores of those Wylex consumer units. Not seen one for years. I find your videos so interesting. Thank you.
Thanks for that explanation. I had often wondered who owned what in this very familiar scenario. The set-up used for the practical demonstration was the icing on the cake. Thanks again!
Many thanks for taking the time to produce this. Really appreciated 👍
Really interesting. Thank you for uploading.
John, just brilliant and your dry humor is an added bonus. I always refer to your channel when I am working on electrics - your a star, thank you.
Excellent production and content as ever. Very informative. Thanks for taking the time to film and share. All the best Pete
Great video. Love the little details you throw in. No doubt most of us here work in the industry, but we're all learning something from John Ward!
I recently had the ancient overhead cable and the cable to the service header replaced for free. The overhead cable is fused at the pole but I forgot to ask what the rating is. I imagine it's something around 200 amps as the service header fuse is 100 amp. The guys were really helpful and informative. They seemed rather chuffed that someone was taking an interest in what they do giving me a tour of their vans and equipment and showing me training videos. Good blokes.
This was / is excellent to watch. Very informative. This is the second video of yours that I've watched (earthing / bonding being the first), and I've just now subscribed. You've quite a unique way of explaining which makes learning easier for an older fella like me.
Very nostalgic and interesting, remember well the old TN-S supply.
i had a fuseboard which caught a light and was melting from the wall, went outside and pulled the main fuse straight away, none of this nonsense with calling up the DNO because I touched their main cut out fuse. situations like that call for drastic measures as far as I'm concerned, thank you for the video JW. a nice presentation.
Even though this is a demonstration unit and not connected to the supply, seeing you poke around that with a metal screwdriver gives me the heebie-jeebies!
our elec system is a modern old mix.....we got the modern key token meter that eventually connects to the brown fuse box...which is a larger version of what is seen in this video with the ceramic plug things. i just have to love the reassuring 'clunk' sound the switch makes when you flick the 'on/off' switch down or up.
Watching you video on this brings back memories of the old boxes the smell of bakelite was great
Excellent lesson from JW Thank you John
Just a few days ago we had everything replaced on ours from the cable onward. The backboard was disintegrating the head was falling off and the meter was dead. Due to a leak in the roof. We were lucky the whole wall was soaking wet and the water was running over the head . Lucky nothing caught fire and nobody died. I kept everyone away as soon as it was discovered in the garage. Our substation and supply is at the bottom of our garden so a nice potential of 800 amps if things had gone south. The DNO did a grand job and explained everything, backing up everything you have said. Fitting every thing new and also upgrading our 60 amp tails to 100 amp as a bonus. Smart meter fitted a few days later and the meter guy was really appreciative of brand new kit to fit to.
Excellent video thanks JW