Wanted Kibtech electicity fuse

mikeyCBBR


Joined: 05/01/2009
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 17:35

Someone has nicked mine from CBBR and apparantley there is a waiting list but need one asap

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 17:45

Oh don't tell me that's all started again.

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 17:46

Sorry mikey, whereabouts are you based?

Soothsayer


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 134

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 17:51

take a long enough piece of 6 to 10mm cable.. hook it into the fuse place. job done.

Geoff1131MK11


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 396

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 17:55

not an electrician then Soothsayer!!!

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 17:58

Geoff. What would happen if mikey done what Soothsayer said?

Geoff1131MK11


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Posts: 396

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 18:02

No 1 I think you will find that its the whole fuse carrier thats been taken so to put a bridge across live terminals could be





well terminal!!!!!!!

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/04/2009 18:03

More than a shock the eh Geoff? )

Geoff1131MK11


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Message Posted:
27/04/2009 18:06

micky cbbr, do you know where cbv site is on the mountian side of the road, if you do come over and we can help.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 08:30

If you come in to Girne, call in at Octopus Pools, and we can sort you out with a spare as we keep a few for emergencies.

Suggestion: Keep a spare in your kitchen drawer and when you arrive, if someone has nicked your fuse you have a spare to hand immediately.

Getting a repalcement fuse from KibTek isn't easy. I believe that you have to go in to KibTek, pay 170TL and they will send an electrician "as soon as we can" to replace the fuse. They will not give you a fuse to replace by yourself.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 08:44

We have hasd all this before. You can buy such fuses, typically 80 amp, with holders at any electrical shop in the GC side (e.g. P.G.S. Electrical, main drag in Paralimni, on the right just before the banks/traffic lights) , for a few euros only. Some electrical shops in Famagusta also have them, e,g. Sert Electrik, 39 Salamis Road (on the left 100 m before the Mosque roundabout). Simples!

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 10:16

Can you buy these in the uk ?

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 11:46

We had this problem late last year at my friend's apartment. Went to Kib-tec and paid £25 for a new fuse. We asked when it would be replaced and they said maybe this week maybe next so we asked if we could get one quicker and they told us to take the receipt to the Kib-tec pound near the fountain roundabout. The nice guys there then gave us a replacement fuse. By the time we got back to the apartment Kib-tec had replaced the fuse with a cable (as per message 4!!!) and then a new fuse was put in a week or so later so luckily enough we now have a spare

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 13:01

Re Msg 12: Yes, any electrical supplier, e.g. Screw Fix On-line, etc etc

Soothsayer


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 134

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 15:18

so whos not an electrician?

BTW: with good plastic boots / shoes and only touching the live line, without interfering with neutral or earth, also not touching anything else (as this could be earthing you) you are able to work with 230V / 30A. probably you should also have dry feet and shoes. As long as the current can not leave your body (through earthing or neutral line) it is "safe" to work on live lines...



Please dont try dough!!!!

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 16:28

Yep and make sure there is someone standing next to you wearing approved rubber gloves and/or an insulated pole ready to pull/push you away when you get electrocuted. I have seen it happen and it is not a very pretty sight.

Geoff1131MK11


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 396

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 17:00

Soothsayer, good answer!!!! but i would hate to see anyone try it and get hurt. I am sure Kib-tek would do it but they are the experts!!!!!!!!!!!

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:04

Many people on this and other forums encourage you to integrate, adapt to local ways, assimulate with the local population...............



To this end I suggest his solution.





Go look for a villa where the owners are not there open the lecy cupboard and remove the fuse.



Problem solved.

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:33

Surely Nige you are not suggesting that it can only be locals that steal other peoples fuses ?



What group of people do you imagine have the greater need for such fuses? The odd 'local' for whom their fuse has blown (and in over 15 years the one in this house has never blown), or people with new appartments and eletricty meters installed but awaiting a fuse from Kib tec. I think if you are looking for a 'group' most likely to be involved in the removal of other peoples fuses then you need to look closer to home than the 'locals' and not because they are any more or less honest as a group, for such an assertion would be inherently racist, but simply because they have the greater need.



I mean the idea that an expat on a development in need of a fuse might decide his need is greater than his neigbours who is away in the UK and help himself is unthinkable is it not nige, comapred with the easy thought that the theiving locals steal em for fun and amusment !

mikeyCBBR


Joined: 05/01/2009
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:38

Geoff can you email and paul who will collect it for me and pay you , i think the wire sounds too risky for me but thanks for prompt replies to have the electricity put in my name is now 800 ytl 200 if you find a local as a guarantor , now thats shafted



mike

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:39

As a rule expats stick to the rules and do try to adapt, but a turk living in a rented apartment / house / hut because of the economic situation has his lecy cut off seeks to keep his/ her family with heat and light.............



I personally know of 5 " locals " that have gone down the route of nick a fuse and sod the consequences route.



Erolz I make no assertions to the ethnicity of the majority of the people doing this but it is an ongoing situation.

mikeyCBBR


Joined: 05/01/2009
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:39

sorry geoff email is mikey270461@btinternet.com

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:50

Littlenige msg 21



"As a rule expats stick to the rules..."



Some expats stick to the rules and some do not , just the same as locals. I know locals who would never consider stealing someone elses fuse should they need one just as I know of expats who would not think twice in doing so. Making out that it is 'normal' for locals to steal fuses as and when they need one and advising expats to do the same, to be frank, comes accross to me as far as I am a TC and a 'local' as rude patronising and insulting.

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:52

In that case as one " loca l" to another I apologise.

Stubs


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 641

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:55

Erolz



I can undestand what you are saying completely, however on a sllightly different note how do you think it feels when we come to the TRNC, invest hundreds of thousands of pounds yet are asked for a substantial deposit to get an electric meter? On opening a business we have to invest substantially more than a Kimlek card holder. Would you consider these practices "rascist"?

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 18:55

appolgy accepted.

erolz


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Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 19:05

Stubs I am not a fan of the differential deposit price for electricity meters for citizens and non citizens. It can be considerd discriminatory and racist imo. I am sure the defence against such charges would be that it is not about race but simply about there being a greater potential for non citzens to abscond without paying their bill, thus requiring a greater surety amount. I can see some validity in that argument, but I do think if the person has imovable property here in their own name then they should get the lower rate too, as if they were to disapear there property will still remain and ultimately is security for unpaid bills.



As far as the requirments on non citzens owning businesses here I do think a degree of difference in obligations between citizens and non citizens is acceptable and inevitable but the current ones are to great in my personal opinion.

Soothsayer


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 134

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 19:13

you dont get electrocuted if you do not touch - neutral or earth. In this case there is simply no electric flow. Be sure to wear heavy plastic sole shoes, and stand on a big peace of wood - to be on the safe side. Do not touch anything else but the cable / live side. Do not hold onto the wall or similar. Use a pliers with plastic cover. This should do the job.

E.g.: Same applies for the service of high voltage lines. The fly next to them with a helicopter and do the maintenance, without shutting down the whole country (well, this is not in cyprus).

gates


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 19:26

i would not encourage any body to take this advise you will be puting your life in a most dangerous position if i am reading this right you are best playing rusain roulet dont

Stubs


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 641

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 19:32

Thanks for your reply Erolz, answered like a true gentleman.



I know its off the topic of this thread however because of the current legislation regards foreign business owners I feel that it tends to drive a lot of business underground. We had our business there and had to go through the procedures which can be tedious but was part of the "Cyprus Experience". A lot of people who would have lots to contribute to the TRNC economy can not afford to open their own business and therefore do the work for cash in hand. There is lots of potential revenue missed out for the authorities.



I know of one "entertainer" shall we call him who was working on average 3/4 nights a week during the season charging up to 150TL per night and never paid a penny in tax, not because he did not want to but without the $100000 bond he couldnt.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
02/05/2009 18:06

I have some spare fuses at my office in Girne, if you are desperate.

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
02/05/2009 18:41

Stubs I agree with you that the restrictions and requirments for non citzens to establish businesses in the TRNC are way to ardous and self defeating.

Wireless


Joined: 10/08/2008
Posts: 157

Message Posted:
25/05/2009 23:08

I am in the UK right now and coming over in June - my fuse has been stolen and I'd like to buy one to bring with me - can you tell me exactly what to buy?



thanks

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 00:55

60/80amp fuse

susiesusie


Joined: 09/03/2009
Posts: 337

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 10:41

I have a Complete fuse holder and fuse you can use. It is black in colour as opposed to the new grey type. dont know whether there is a difference in the fittings.

05338476236 John. I live in girne

Graham


Joined: 20/10/2007
Posts: 397

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 11:19

If it is just the fuse you require then ebay is as good a place as any to get one.



ebay number 200343358486



Graham

Geejay


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 475

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 17:56

When you get your new fuse fitted I would suggest you put a lock on the electric box to prevent stealing. Also cut an apperture in the lid opposite where the meter is so that it can be read. This is normal practice here and accepted as such by Kibtek.

westender


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 328

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:40

This may be a silly question but we do not have one of these fuses in our box, our neighbour even came to look and said we didn't have one! Could it be that three houses are run off one fuse?

Geejay


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 475

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:26

Westender,

Some electric supplies don't have fuses. Our box supplied 6 houses and we've only just had a fuse inserted into the main cable.

authentichoccie


Joined: 09/01/2008
Posts: 481

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 21:05

Slightly off subject, but so long as you have your contract of sale, price for electric meter deposit is now 240TL for locals and foreigners alike!