On 3 Sep, 09:51, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:33:49 -0700, Toom Tabard wrote:
My understanding is my present situation is an earthing through an
available pipe (the one containing the incoming supply), but that both
British Gas (boiler electrician) and DNO electrian are saying I need a
DNO-provided connection to the incoming cabling rather than being
earthed through the pipe. I assume that would then give me the TN-S you
refer to. They gave the impression it should be straightforward and I
just request it from DNO. My concerns are the vintage looks of the DNO
supply to the house and whether it's as straightforward as that (much
like the vintage gas supply pipes that have just been replaced).

We have an incomer that dates back to the 1920s (still has a tag saying
"Herne Bay Electricity Supply Company". The conversion to TN-S took very
little time - minutes.


Thanks for that - gives me some hope that it's easy. DNO emergency
electrician didn't comment on obvious vintage and seemed to think it
would about an hour's work for their connections division. Suppose I'm
just a bit jaded after doing so much recent refurbishment of my 1930's
house, where you start something, and uncover another problem, and
when you start to fix that .... - the new McCarthy and Stone
retirement apartments across the road are almost starting to look like
an attractive option for me.

Toom