any sparkys here?

bazaarboy

bazaarboy

bazaarboy

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i have a very old bungalow that's falling apart, the roof has caved in and the electricity meter and consumer unit are still live and getting water damaged

i'm worried that this an electrical hazard, and at some point it will short out or worse :eek:

i know the meter and the service cable cannot be tampered with, but is there any way I can turn off the power?
i spoke to the DNO who have said it can take up to 4-6 weeks for a survey to take place and subsequent work etc

Have I got the wrong end of the stick?? - we don't want to relocate the meter or anything, we want to cut the power at the service cable - and if the electricity company want their meter they are welcome to it...

thanks for any advice :p
 
Thanks for the replies -
If UKPN remove the fuse that would make anything beyond this point safe - eg. the tails, the consumer unit etc will be disconnected, but the service cable and the positive conductor are still live, and in a damp part of the wall
is there a rapid way to get the service cable shut down?
there's an overhead supply, and the last 10 metres are underground
 
the bungalow is to the left (other side of track)

elec.jpg


and this is a close up of the pole:

elec2.jpg
 
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in total the transformer serves 5 houses, the bungalow is the first -
could the UKPN team isolate the supply coming to me and disable that one only?
 
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