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Both sides of the meter board. The right hand meter (left photo)
is the one containing the control switch for the hot water.
Looks like an electrician has been at work!
Now that the house is to be energised, a proper ground installation
is required. There is a ground stake on the left, and the earth wire
runs across to the copper water pipe on the right.
After taking these photos, Craig started fixing a couple of the things
that didn't work in the house. Mostly minor, but there was a problem
with the lights in the kitchen/dining area - they didn't work - and
Craig wanted a meter to test what was happening. Unfortunately the
one he had with him was giving highly erroneous readings. So he
left to get another meter and some lunch; I left too. The
temperature was already heating up,
being 37 degrees (that's about 98F) by the time I arrived home
about 1PM. Temperature peaked at 40 degrees (104F) at 4PM. A good
day to stay inside with the windows and doors closed.
Building A Home
More Finishing Touches
Much Ado About Wiring
Now that the house wiring is about to be energised, it's time to
replace the "builders switchboard" with the real one. This has
three meters - one per phase. And one of them includes switching
power for the water heater. Mainly hot water will be heated by
sunshine, but overcast days do not always supply enough energy
to do the job. So the hot water tank contains an electrical
heating element. This is on a switched supply - switched on and
off by Energy Australia, and available for up to 16 hours/day, but never
from 5PM until 11PM. Here Craig is installing some internal
wiring (on the customer side) before connecting to the house wiring.
