#13751

Whale said:

The following extract from the Service & Installation Rules (NSW) answers your query:

4.2 LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SERVICE AND METERING EQUIPMENT

Service metering equipment must be located in an accessible area on common property.

The customer must make sure that access to any enclosure for meters or service and metering equipment is never restricted or made unsafe. The location must always be kept clear.

If access is obstructed the customer must remove the obstruction or relocate the service and metering equipment.

Keep rooms dedicated to housing service and metering equipment well lit, clean and unobstructed. Do not use them for storage of materials or equipment.

The door(s) of rooms and enclosures housing metering equipment must be labelled “Electricity Meters” or “Meter Room”.

Make sure the metering and load control equipment is easily accessible to electricity distributor officers within normal electricity distributor working hours.

thank you both for your replies – access to the switchroom is fine there is nothing blocking the path it’s just inside the room that’s the problem.  i will go to the website and print out the rule as stated above from Whale and bring up at the AGM – the stuff is still there in the s’room even after i complained to the strata manager – two of the large paint tins have gone but the wood, wheelbarrow and bins are still there and it’s very dusty – typical they don’t think to ask maintenance to sweep out occassionaly!!! 

thanks again. much appreciated.