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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 19, 1911.

Maximum

power in case of

underground sub-station,

&c.

Responsi- bility of

company for their lines, &c.,

on Can-

sumer's premises. Fire risks.

Main fuses or circuit- breakers.

Treatment of service

lines and apparatus

on con- sumer's premises.

Trans-

formers

and high pressure apparatus to be

enclosed in metal, &c.

Connectou to

to be made

shall give immediate notice to the company whose gas mains are laid in the neighbour- hood 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 a 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 them, or under their 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. 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.

Wherever a seal is found broken on a consumer's pre- mises and unless the same has been broken by an em- ployee of the company, the consumer shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five dollars.

28. All service lines and apparatus placed on a con- sumer's premises shall be highly insulated and thoroughly protected against injury to the insulation or access of moisture, and any metal forming part of the electric circuit, shall not unless efficiently connected with earth be exposed so that it can be touched. All electric lines shall be so fixed and protected as to prevent the possi- bility of electrical discharge to any adjacent metallic substance.

29. Where the general supply of energy is a high pressure supply, and transforming apparatus is installed on a consumer's premises, the whole of the high pres- sure service lines, conductors, and apparatus, including the transforming apparatus itself, so far as they are on the consumer's premises, shall be completely enclosed in solid walls, or in strong metal casing efficiently con- nected with earth and securely fastened throughout.

30. The company shall not connect a consumer's consumer's wires with their mains unless they are reasonably satisfied premises not that the connection would not cause an undue leakage from those wires or fittings; and where the company decline to make such connection they shall serve upon the consumer a notice stating their reasons for so declin- ing. The consumer may appeal to the Director of Public Works whose decision shall be final.

where madue leakage would result.

Discon

tinuance of supply on discovery of leakage

on con- sumers promises.

31. If the company are reasonably satisfied, after making all proper examination by testing or otherwise, that a leakage exists at some part of a consumer's wires or fittings of such extent as to be a source of danger, any officer of the company, duly authorised by them in writing, may, for the purpose of discovering whether the leakage exists at any part of a circuit within or upon any consumer's premises, by notice require the consumer at some reasonable time after the service of the notice to permit him to inspect and test the wires and fittings belonging to the consumer and forming part of the circuit.