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Hi all - I have an electrician in, wiring up a loft conversion and he
decided to have a nose in my cellar at the consumer unit etc. There is
an earth cable running from the terminal near the service head to a
bonding clamp on the cable gland at the end of the armoured supply
cable coming in front the street.
He said that the cable wasn't thick enough and that bonding using the
type of clamp used on 15/22mm copper pipe does not meet with the
current IEE regulations and would have to be upgraded before he could
complete his work. He also said that EDF would need to do this work as
he isn't allowed to. Has anyone else experienced this type of issue
and is he correct in what he's saying ?

Thanks

Peter


OT, but be prepared for the most unbelievable amount of muddle and hassle in
dealing with EDF Energy or their subcontractors (Morrison Utility Services
in my case). I don't have the time or energy to detail all the
failures-to-show, faulty referrals to other companies etc I've had since EDF
Energy wrote in January to say they wanted to change my meter. Suffice it to
say that they couldn't pull the main fuse and five months later I am still
waiting for someone to turn up who can, or who will change the service head
if they can't. Next appointment 1 June after they failed to turn up last
Monday...

I asked them to upgrade my weedy main earth when changing the fuse/service
head/meter: the OSG suggests 16mm csa minimum and it looks like the existing
one is 6mm or even 4mm only. They agreed to look at it but I'm not holding
my breath, given the progress so far.

You may not have these problems but be ready.

I'm a Whitehall civil servant and if my performance was as pathetic as this
bunch of supposedly efficient private service providers, I'd have been
sacked long ago. A case for bringing back some of the nationalised
industries? Can't be worse than this. Rant ends.