DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD
Bad ‘Electricians’
Regulations broken: BS7671:2008: Abstracting Electricity, contrary to section 13 of the 1968 Theft Act.

A regular client has just purchased a new but very dilapidated property which has been empty for some time. Even before key exchange we were invited on-site to look at a few issues left over from a previous break-in. The thieves stole the copper, lead, a boiler and everything else that wasn’t nailed down. The missing gas meter had been capped by the utility provider. The electrical meter was a concern as well.

In between owners, developers and the new purchaser somebody decided that they needed power and didn’t want to pay for it. They jumped the line (live) terminals on the electrical meter bypassing the meter itself. This is not safe and certainly not legal. Although you technically can’t steal electricity you sure can be charged with a number of offences.

We’ve removed the 10mm earth lead jumper from the meter and obtained a new pay as you go card for the work we need to do.

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