@MrPinkCarpet said:
Does anyone understand the rules about access to electrical rooms (where the meter and fuses are). And how do I get a key without starting World War 3
If you are in NSW, then assuming that the said rooms are common property, then every lot owner (not necessarily an executive committee member) has an unfettered right of access to that room depending on the by-laws of the strata scheme. This is because the rights of common property are proprietary. That is, every owner, as tenants in common in shares equal to unit entitlement, own the common property.
The by-laws probably could control access to the common property (e.g. set out a procedure as to how one desiring to access the common property should take) but they cannot deny access to the common property unless the by-law is an “exclusive use” by-law (which has to satisfy a number of conditions).
In absence of by-laws controlling access to the electrical room then one could probably conclude that you are entitled to a key to the said room.
The other posters in this thread are correct regarding electrical room keys. If your building was built prior to 2011 or so then the electrical rooms are probably on NMB keys (which are the same profile/shape as most house keys). Otherwise they will be Abloy.