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[r. 23 cont.]
Maximum power in case of underground sub-station, etc.
Responsibility of company for lines, etc., on consumer's premises.
Fire risks.
Main fuses or circuit-breakers.
Electricity Supply.
ventilation or otherwise, for the immediate escape of any gas which may by accident have obtained access to the box, and for the prevention of danger from sparking;
(d) all street boxes shall be regularly inspected for the presence of gas, and if any influx or accumulation is discovered the company shall give immediate notice to the company whose gas mains are laid in the neighbourhood of the street box;
(e) where mains at different pressures pass through the same street box they shall be readily distinguishable from one another.
24. The maximum power supplied to any underground sub-station or street box shall not, without the consent of the Director of Public Works, exceed 30 kilowatts in the case of a sub-station or street box containing a single transformer, or 75 kilowatts in the case of sub-station or street box containing two or more transformers.
Consumer's premises.
25. The company shall be responsible for all electric lines, fittings and apparatus belonging to it or under its control, which may be upon a consumer's premises, being maintained in a safe condition and in all respects fit for supplying energy.
26. In delivering the energy to a consumer's terminals the company shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire on the premises.
27. (1) A suitable safety fuse or other automatic circuit-breaker shall be inserted in each service line within a consumer's premises as close as possible to the point of entry, and contained within a suitable locked or sealed receptacle of fireproof construction, except in cases where the service line is protected by fuses in a street box; but no fuse or automatic circuit-breaker shall be inserted in the intermediate conductor of a three-wire system.
(2) Wherever a seal is found broken on a consumer's premises and unless the same has been broken by an employee of the company, the consumer shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars.
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