Could probably do with an update alright (electrician) I’m assuming your renting, the landlords not gonna pony up a few hundred to change that, if tell him it’s a fire hazard
😮😮😮
How many times has that meter gone around since 1973 lol
That actually looks like a slightly more modern version of the one we have in the house we just bought…
Fun fact if you were to put Solar panels on that house any excess electricity that you export back to the grid will cause that ESB meter to run backwards. That said ESB networks will change out the old meter within the month. Amazing what they can do when it suits them, no 6 month wait for that job.
I’ve seen worse: buzzing and producing heat…..
Ever since I arrived in Ireland, I’m always shocked (pun intended) on the states of electrical lines/work everywhere. As a person with decade of electrical experience myself, I wonder how whatever authorities we have allow such a practice here. If electrician did this kind of work in Germany (in example), they would have their license rewoked on the spot.
This is my fuse board too! Never an issue with it. If it ain’t broke… etc
I can hear the electric hum through my phone
Look at Paddy Rich, with his luxury fuseboard
Definite fire hazard get it changed or report the land lord
Look at the positives fuses for those are dirt cheap!
That yoke os fucking immaculate compared to mine. I reckon I’ve the worst in the country
I thought they were all supposed to have been replaced years ago…
Looks similar to mine. Except mine sparks and pops, and parts of it are melted. And despite an electrician doing a temporary fix and saying “yeh that’s a serious fire hazard and needs to be replaced asap”. That was over a year ago, our landlord refuses to fix it.
“Sure, it’ll be grand”
Her grands is 3 fuses 1 main 1 for lights and one for sure sockets
That’s nothing. Oh I can do better. I’ll post in a few days
LOL, next time I’m down in Dad’s homeplace I’ll send you a pic of the fuse board.
Time for the house to be rewired, at the very least a new fuse board. If that’s a stretch, then a battery powered smoke alarm.
My fuse board (1984) is all switch circuit breakers except for one which is one those old school round ones. I always wondered why.
That meter has taken a few turns throughout the years alright.
I remember that old esb tag on my parents meter back in the early 90s before the Esb changed it to a night saver.
It’s like 1899
Every landlord in the country is looking at that and thinking “there’s nothing wrong with that, and sure, if they all die in an electrical fire i can put the rent up again.”
It’s fairly easy to change that over yourself to a new board and fuses, but you would be better off getting an electrician to do it too be safe if your not to sure. It’s not esbns job to do it by the way. That’s your property etc
I mean apart from the fire hazard from the hole in the top right, you’ve got an RCD in there at least and those older fuses are not as convenient as breakers but should do the job.
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Could probably do with an update alright (electrician) I’m assuming your renting, the landlords not gonna pony up a few hundred to change that, if tell him it’s a fire hazard
😮😮😮
How many times has that meter gone around since 1973 lol
That actually looks like a slightly more modern version of the one we have in the house we just bought…
Fun fact if you were to put Solar panels on that house any excess electricity that you export back to the grid will cause that ESB meter to run backwards. That said ESB networks will change out the old meter within the month. Amazing what they can do when it suits them, no 6 month wait for that job.
I’ve seen worse: buzzing and producing heat…..
Ever since I arrived in Ireland, I’m always shocked (pun intended) on the states of electrical lines/work everywhere. As a person with decade of electrical experience myself, I wonder how whatever authorities we have allow such a practice here. If electrician did this kind of work in Germany (in example), they would have their license rewoked on the spot.
This is my fuse board too! Never an issue with it. If it ain’t broke… etc
I can hear the electric hum through my phone
Look at Paddy Rich, with his luxury fuseboard
Definite fire hazard get it changed or report the land lord
Look at the positives fuses for those are dirt cheap!
That yoke os fucking immaculate compared to mine. I reckon I’ve the worst in the country
I thought they were all supposed to have been replaced years ago…
Looks similar to mine. Except mine sparks and pops, and parts of it are melted. And despite an electrician doing a temporary fix and saying “yeh that’s a serious fire hazard and needs to be replaced asap”. That was over a year ago, our landlord refuses to fix it.
“Sure, it’ll be grand”
Her grands is 3 fuses 1 main 1 for lights and one for sure sockets
That’s nothing. Oh I can do better. I’ll post in a few days
LOL, next time I’m down in Dad’s homeplace I’ll send you a pic of the fuse board.
Time for the house to be rewired, at the very least a new fuse board. If that’s a stretch, then a battery powered smoke alarm.
My fuse board (1984) is all switch circuit breakers except for one which is one those old school round ones. I always wondered why.
That meter has taken a few turns throughout the years alright.
I remember that old esb tag on my parents meter back in the early 90s before the Esb changed it to a night saver.
It’s like 1899
Every landlord in the country is looking at that and thinking “there’s nothing wrong with that, and sure, if they all die in an electrical fire i can put the rent up again.”
It’s fairly easy to change that over yourself to a new board and fuses, but you would be better off getting an electrician to do it too be safe if your not to sure. It’s not esbns job to do it by the way. That’s your property etc
I mean apart from the fire hazard from the hole in the top right, you’ve got an RCD in there at least and those older fuses are not as convenient as breakers but should do the job.