Advice on safety of new Consumer Unit Install

[minorcamount]

Thanks to all that have replied, I have checked Napit site, he is on there as Domestic Installer EAS/CPS. I will take more photos under the floorboards just above the CU in the bedroom floorspace where the JBs are, and upload the certificate he gave me.

Apart from that, and pending all of the good folks advice on here regarding the JBs, should I be at least be asking him to come back and secure the CU better by putting some battens under the overhang side?


Regards

Dave

 

[123]

Dual RCD board for 4 circuits? Why oh why?

Pictures of the junction boxes could be interesting...is this a bungalow or where the void above is usually accessible?

 

[minorcamount]

Another quick Q,

He quoted £100 for the EICR, Looking at instructing someone else, how much should I be looking to pay? around double that??

 

[minorcamount]

Dual RCD board for 4 circuits? Why oh why?

Pictures of the junction boxes could be interesting...is this a bungalow or where the void above is usually accessible?

No its a 2 bedroom end terrace, upstairs and down,

 

[minorcamount]

So who took the decision on it being a TNC-S supply

Just to add to your question, it may help it may not. I am one of the end terrace of a terrace of 7. We are all on a looped supply, 1 loop comes up my side wall splits to mine then feeds 2 other properties so 3 of the 7 from the incoming loop on my wall, then the remaining 4 in the terrace are looped together on a separate incoming loop on the end of the wall of the other end terrace the other side.

Its a rubber incoming cable with 2 cores. The earthing arrangement has always been like this.


I have also attached a photo of the setup before he came in and installed the new CU

On another note regards the loop, have a look at these pictures and see how dangerous this looks to you

 

[minorcamount]

My grandmother had storage heaters and no gas supply, so I think she had different peak tariffs for the storage heaters to heat-up at night. I know have gas line installed and central heating system installed

 

[James]

Whatever you do, DO NOT put your ladders anywhere near those supply cables.
a call to the dno to inform them of damage to your supply cable would be prudent.

 

[littlespark]

Whatever you do, DO NOT put your ladders anywhere near those supply cables.
a call to the dno to inform them of damage to your supply cable would be prudent.

Yeh… I had a bit of a panic when I saw that close up of the incomers.

 

[westward10]

@UNG is correct they have created their own 'earthing system' which was not there before. The whole installation is appalling and carried out by someone with little or no electrical skills.

 

[Vortigern]

Is that overhead supply? Looks like it was TT and the installer converted it to TN-C-S perhaps without DNO approval. Another point to raise with the DNO, not so much to catch out the guy but to ensure regularisation of conversion as some areas cannot/will not convert. I see the seals have been removed so looks like a bit of a chancer on the job. Exposed copper at the terminals and can't wait to see the JBs' if the terminations in the JB echo the CU well I think it would profit from an inspection and perhaps remedy. I wonder what the test results were??? In any event looking at the supply wire, if indeed they are in use, the "electrician" should not even have started work without getting the DNO in first so that is a bit worrying.