ESB connection

bonodaisy

Hi All,

Im at second fix electrics stage funds running low,my plan is to 2nd fix upstairs to the fuseboard all breakers in etc, all fees are paid to esb.Will an electrician sign off the works,send the cert to esb so i can move in?

intbn

bonodaisy wrote: »

Hi All,

Im at second fix electrics stage funds running low,my plan is to 2nd fix upstairs to the fuseboard all breakers in etc, all fees are paid to esb.Will an electrician sign off the works,send the cert to esb so i can move in?

Any more info? I had a look at your other posts, so you've bought an unfinished house..
It's hard to answer that question without more information, I can't tell if you want to attempt connecting a few sockets/switches or wire the circuits into the fuseboard yourself!

The short answer is no, the long answer is, ring around a few electricians and tell them you're are on a very tight budget and would like to help with the labour to reduce labour costs, you're most likely to get help from an electrician through a friend or someone in your family, so ask around.
Fairplay to ye, yer enthusiasm has to be admired bonodaisy but at the end of the day would you live in a house that was wired by someone who wasn't an electrician?
Times are slow but no electrician in their right mind would sign off/certify a house they hadn't at least supervised the electrical installation on when they sign the job off, they're basically taking all liability for the job, if god forbid someone died because of an electrical fault/fire etc, he would be done for man slaughter.

On a lighter note, hope you get sorted so you can move in

Good luck!

intbn

bonodaisy wrote: »

Hi All,

Im at second fix electrics stage funds running low,my plan is to 2nd fix upstairs to the fuseboard all breakers in etc, all fees are paid to esb.Will an electrician sign off the works,send the cert to esb so i can move in?

short answer, no, in signing the work off, they're taking all responsibility in the case theres ever a fatality caused by an electrical fire/fault. they can be done for man slaughter if this happens.
ye never know, ye might get someone that'll let you do as much labour as ye can and'll drop the price a bit, the work has to be at least supervised by the sparks that's signing it off. if ye find through a friend or family member, a qualified spark who can sign the job off yer probably set.

good luck dude, hope ye get sorted for the winter

M three

Query on new connection if someone can help please - esb connected house and power now on, received a letter from electric ireland saying that, to register with them, I can either sign up for direct debit or pay a deposit of 300 euro within 10 days. If I pay the deposit of 300 euro I'll get it credited back to me after 14 months.

Not near ready to move in, do I have to sign up now, within ten days, or can i hold off until I'm ready to move in?

Appreciate any replies.

intbn

i'm not certain on that but you could always try:

http://googleitfor.me/?q=electric+ireland+phone+number

M three

cheers. Just thought they may only be open at the weekend for emergencies.
will try them

intbn

good stuff, also, don't forget, you don't have to sign up with electric ireland, shop around, there's airtricity and bord na mona too, i'm with airtricity a few years, they gave us a reduced price on our kw/h(how much you pay per unit of electricity) given we signed a contract with them for 18 months(might have been 2 years).
-if i where you i'd definitely see what other options you have, it could be a big saving each bimonthly payment.
-here's something to think about:
1. the ESB used to have a monopoly on the electricity supply market here in ireland, they don't any more, they do however own 'electric ireland' and seperately maintain the network/electricity grid and install new supplies(cables) from the network(ESB networks).
2. electric ireland are a competing supply company but they are actually a division of the ESB so the impression I get from you is, after you went to 'esb networks' for a supply and went through their system, they then passed your information on to their new supply division electric ireland, which have now used this information to cold call you with an offer for an electricity supply.

Correct me if I'm wrong, because i'm very intrigued here but i may have my wires crossed(excuse the pun), it just seems to me here from what you're saying, that despite the fact that electric ireland was formed to end ESBs monopoly over a closed electricity supply market and invite new electricity supply competitors(airtricity, board na mona) to join a new open market for electricity supply that, bare with me, despite that, electric ireland are, not only taking an advantage over their competitors using their information from ESB networks to cold call people needing an electricity supplier, bare with me, they are also giving the impression that they are(not gonna say harassing) but... do you feel you have been mislead to believe you have to sign up with an account with them and you're being rushed into making the decision? or else cough up 300 euros, either way they'd be winning because they'd have intercepted you as a new customer to the market have taken your business from all other competitors.
correct me if i'm wrong, i'm just going from the impression i got from your original message, just gona quote what you said:
"received a letter from electric ireland saying that, to register with them, I can either sign up for direct debit or pay a deposit of 300 euro within 10 days. If I pay the deposit of 300 euro I'll get it credited back to me after 14 months"

If that's the kind of underhand tactics their using, I'd highly recommend shopping around and seeing who's the most competitive at the moment, maybe you could post back how you got on so other's in you're situation can benefit from the currently most competitive supplier, me for 1!

good luck!