SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13645, 13 July 1908, Page 7

SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY.

THE COUNCIL'S CONDITIONS.

At the meeting of the Borough" Council. on Friday night the adoption o •• conditions" for electric wa* deferred until to-night. These - conditions" are to be attached to the forms of application for a supply ot electricity to be used by private consumers. The first of five printed foolscap pages is a form of requisition and agreement to be filled up and signed bv the consumer and forwarded to the iown Clerk. The applicant fills in his name, etc., a schedme of his requirements las for lamps, motors, etc.) date when he requires supply and name and address of wiring collector. 'l'hen follows a form of requisition to the Town Clerk, for a supply of electricity, and agreement to take and nay for ihi same " upon and subject, to the terms and conditions o! supply hereinafter appearing, which terms shall be deemed to be incorporated herewith and term part of the agreement." Then follow the " conditions, fortyone in number. The clauses which have a bearing on the subject under discus-, sion on Friday evening are the follow-

. No. 9.—" On completion of an installation and before connection to the supplyis made it 6hall be inspected and tested bv the Corporation. Should any such ta»t and inspection prove the installation not to be in accordance with the rules .-tnd regulations as set forth, no connection will be made until, in the opinion of the Corporation, such rules and regulations are complied with. No charge -trill be made for initial inspection and test, but a fee of 21a .will be charged for each and every subsequent test and inspection. . ' 17 >• The Corporation will not be responsible in any way for any delay in injecting the corteuro&r 5" • installation h supply mains, or for any failure in «npp-v whatever." 23. •• All installations shall be erected rod maintained in accordance with the L.neral rules of the Council and the Fire I nderwritera of New Zealand, and the iK-nse iwued by the Commissioner of f-fccric Telegraphs of New Zealand un.ter date .of 3rd March, 1908, which are ~j> a for inspection at the Borough CountLi office." 25 fiititnclinu consumers must IH>t.'v the Corporation before the work of iu-'tahing t~ twDWieneed, and obtain its <> tl«- general arrangement ol A.jtnb.itioa." . —-Ihe words Corporation or Hi.tuu Uororgh Corporation wherever used h-i.iin or in the requisition and agwe-m-nt ... - shall mean the Mayor, i iiuncil'lors, and of the Borough ni Timaru. being the Municipality of theJioioogh of limiiru. ' _ " 27 ••Regulations for wiring work E'.kt'rk-iiy will be supplied a* follows: Liiiect current,, 220 voits and 440 volts; lighting up to 2 kilowatts, 220 volts from terminals; lighting above 2 kilbwat 3, 220 volts on three wire systemmotois up to 28. H.P., 220 volts; motois exPeking 28. H.P., 440 volts." 28.—"For 440 Tolls, 2 wire anil 3 wire installations, all consumers' .-witCW^ 3 , I® B ® 3 aD d contacts of any kind must be. enclosed in approved iron cases, aad all conductors run in approved st<*l conduit, w£'cb must be sufficiently earthed'to the satisfaction of the Corporation All iron eases enclosing consumer's switches or any" o.t-her apparatus shall he electrically and WC.hanically continuous with that part of <ewip»t system enclosing the circuit or jn connection therewith."

30.—"1n lighting installations W** kilowatts, the system shall be £>laoced aad arranged as directed by the corp??o----llOD."

33.—"Conductors must be enclosed in approved eeamkes screwed conduit which ci.mplies _with the conditions of the ' British Standard Specification for Steel Conduits for Electric Wiring,' in ail cases where the wiring is concealed or onfc of sight, such as in the walls or partitions, under floors or above ceilings." . 35. —Mixed systems of conduit and casing on the same circuit are prohibited, except in the case of wire .passing through walls where tubes efficiently bushed shall .bp provided." 41. "Testing. After an installation is completed the insulation resistance 'between conductors and earth shall be tested with a pressure of not less than 500 volts. .