Regular readers will recall the saga of my trying to get a beefy (160amp) three phase supply to my barn workshop. Well at long last on Tuesday the man duly turned up to install the 'CT Chamber' (current transformer) and meters, took one look and demanded that I built a brick kiosk outside the barn to house his kit. A heated discussion followed along the lines of how come the last three EDF jobsworths a/ didn't mention this and b/ suggested a suitable internal location for it. After many phone calls and heated words he agreed to install in indoors if a/ I replaced my 160a isolator with a fused isolator and b/ converted from 'TT earthing' to 'PME earthing'. Dead sure he expected me to not have the fused isolator available so he could walk away - I gave him the choice of two saying 'you choose' !!! (good old ebay )
Then he said he hadn't enough 120mm sq cable - ok get some more then !!! Second man arrives with blue (neutral) cable but we need brown (phase) cable - ends up wrapping about three metres of cable with brown insulation tape - argh !
Bear in mind that the overhead cable is 50mm sq, the down drop on the outside of the barn is 6mm diameter aluminium (so about 28mm sq) going into their 160 amp fuses, then they have 120mm sq copper coming out - where's the sense in that?
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Oh Joy, back to laying concrete - only another 12 cu M to go !!!!!!
AWEM