INTERFERENCE WITH WIRING

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28314, 27 June 1957, Page 3

INTERFERENCE WITH WIRING

M.E.D. To Issue Warning Consumers served by the Municipal Electricity Department will soon receive their statutory annual warning about unauthorised interference with electrical installations. The Electricity Supply Regulations stipulate that at least once every year consumers should receive this individual notification. It includes a warning that only persons registered or licensed under the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act are permitted to repair, alter, or extend power installations. It emphasises that the supply authority should be informed of such proposals and that it is the consumer’s responsibility to see that the contractor has a permit for the job. There are also general warnings against using portable equipment where it may come in contact with earthed metal or damp materials, and that portable electrical appliances should not be used in bathrooms. The Municipal Electricity Department prints these, warnings on the back of its accounts. “I think the back of the account is better read than the front,” said the engineer-manager (Mr G. H. Battersby). “We usually print recipes and other such material there, and we know they are eagerly read.”