electric supply

beaufoy

I bought an apartment at auction, the electric people say the electric has been turned off for 2 years and will take 3 months to turn on....is this true

Stanford

Was this made clear before the auction?

beaufoy

Stanford wrote: »

Was this made clear before the auction?

no it was just described as vacant apartment

Stanford

Were you given any reason why re-connection will take so long? How long was the apartment vacant for?

LirW

Does the apartment by any chance have a pay-meter in it?
I dodged a reconnection delay by simply telling them I need power and want to get rid of the meter, the house was probably not connected for the guts of 2 years. Otherwise I'd have to get an electrican to inspect the property and give me a cert that it's fine to reconnect.

Call ESB and ask them what to do.
If you have a pay-meter call the supplier and simply say you want to have it deactivated, chances are they'll reconnect you fairly quickly.

ted1

LirW wrote: »

Does the apartment by any chance have a pay-meter in it?
I dodged a reconnection delay by simply telling them I need power and want to get rid of the meter, the house was probably not connected for the guts of 2 years. Otherwise I'd have to get an electrican to inspect the property and give me a cert that it's fine to reconnect.

Call ESB and ask them what to do.
If you have a pay-meter call the supplier and simply say you want to have it deactivated, chances are they'll reconnect you fairly quickly.

No they won’t. The OP will need to get the wiring certified before anything can happen.

Sparky85

Correct, if it’s been disconnected for more than 2 years it’s classed as a new connection and will need to be certified by your electrician.

Graces7

beaufoy wrote: »

I bought an apartment at auction, the electric people say the electric has been turned off for 2 years and will take 3 months to turn on....is this true

Yes.

Will need a full inspection by a specialised electrician.

When I came here it had been off 5 years and in fact took five months to reconnect;; you need to contact ESB and get the application etc in immediately . And keep after them.

If you are living there , candles , torches a gas heater and cooker, battery radio....I was from September to January....

Graces7

Stanford wrote: »

Were you given any reason why re-connection will take so long? How long was the apartment vacant for?

This is the norm for safety reasons. ESB will not connect after 2 years without checking it is safe; water, rodents etc could damage wiring. I watched the electrician doing the check here. He literally took every socket and switch etc apart. Was a whole day of a job. Impressive.

LirW

ted1 wrote: »

No they won’t. The OP will need to get the wiring certified before anything can happen.

Excuse me, I wasn't clear, the way it was in my house was that the power was never cut off even though the house was not occupied for around 2 years. But we figured there was still a connection there, just the pay-meter was out of money.
I was just thinking there might be the odd chance that this is the case for the OP too.
Of course you need an inspection if there wasn't any power for over 2 years.

Victor

beaufoy wrote: »

I bought an apartment at auction

Let this be a reminder to people bidding at auction - there is no backing out, so you need to check everything before bidding.

beaufoy

Graces7 wrote: »

This is the norm for safety reasons. ESB will not connect after 2 years without checking it is safe; water, rodents etc could damage wiring. I watched the electrician doing the check here. He literally took every socket and switch etc apart. Was a whole day of a job. Impressive.

I thought the ESB 's responsibility ends at the front door of the apartment, the internal electrics would normally be checked by my own electrician

L1011

beaufoy wrote: »

I thought the ESB 's responsibility ends at the front door of the apartment, the internal electrics would normally be checked by my own electrician

It does, which is why they demand proof it is compliant. It could cause damage to their network if you had a significant fault.

ted1

beaufoy wrote: »

I thought the ESB 's responsibility ends at the front door of the apartment, the internal electrics would normally be checked by my own electrician

They are, but your electrician needs to be registered to certify the electrics. Lots of sparks aren’t registered to sign off

https://www.esbnetworks.ie/existing-connection/reconnecting-supply

Graces7

L1011 wrote: »

It does, which is why they demand proof it is compliant. It could cause damage to their network if you had a significant fault.

It is actually comforting that there is such a stringent safety measure. Just a pain that it all takes so long. The ESB engineers when they finally came were great; the office staff on a different planet altogether. OP needs to get the process started asap

The long delay here was that this is a council property and they promised to sort it then did nothing. But 12 weeks is the norm.