Underground Power Pit Missing (Ausnet)

• 

  Duckie2hh on 09/08/2024 - 23:11

  -1

  on the boundary between my property and my neighbour

  Well is it on your land on the neighbour's?

• 

  aa on 09/08/2024 - 23:22

  +4

  it's on council land. shared power pits are on public land.

• 

  AngoraFish on 09/08/2024 - 23:26

  +6

  It's Ausnet's asset and it's their responsibility to make sure that their asset is accessible.

  If they believe that they can substantiate a claim for rectification costs against the neighbour then they are entitled to try, however it's unlikely that they will be bothered.

  To double check where the pit actually should be create an account and submit a request for all utilities plans in your street to https://www.byda.com.au/ For new estates these should be more or less 100% accurate, otherwise you may need to poke around the general area shown on plans a bit.

  One you can clearly identify where the pit should be the only solution is to keep hassling Ausnet until they do something about it. Mostly they will try to avoid doing anything on the first or second try and you may have to Karen them to get someone to take you seriously.

  You are entitled to have a usable point of connection in the street to tap into.

  • 

    aa on 10/08/2024 - 00:01

    Ausnet has sent me a diagram of where the pit is supposed to be, and it's not there on inspection, there is however a freshly laid footpath bay where it's supposed to be so i suspect it's under that.

    Who would i report it to at Ausnet? I'm trying to get my mains upgraded, albeit this time via aerial, but if they force me to go underground due to new compliance regulations etc then i'm going to need access to the pit, from talking to Ausnet, if i go down such path i'm going to need to submit a new site assessment (at a cost) and they've told me if the pit isn't there i need to pay for a new one so i'm trying to see if this can be rectified before i have to use it.

    • 

      jv on 10/08/2024 - 00:40

      +2

      Who would i report it to at Ausnet?

      Bob

      • 

        theHMASfriendship on 10/08/2024 - 01:37

        +1

        Bob is on long service leave

• 

  Nugs on 10/08/2024 - 05:33

  -2

  "I'm unable to locate the pit and suspect the neighbour has concreted over it when they replaced the footpath bay"

  "Ausnet has sent me a diagram of where the pit is supposed to be, and it's not there on inspection, there is however a freshly laid footpath bay where it's supposed to be so i suspect it's under that"

  What did your neighbour say when you asked them?
  .

• 

  GordonD on 10/08/2024 - 08:24

  I know what a "footpath" is.

  What is a "footpath bay"?

  • 

    BoltThrower on 10/08/2024 - 09:41

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bay
    Noun (4)
    Probably an indentation or recess for the purpose of filling with cement.
    Like an ocean bay, but without the ocean.

    Noun (2) would be for the electronic equipment, so there's a bay (N2) inside the bay (N4)

• 

  brad1-8tsi on 10/08/2024 - 08:29

  -1

  What has your electrician said? They deal with this all the time. Working out solutions and dealing with the supplier is what their job is.

• 

  dtc on 10/08/2024 - 08:57

  +1

  What kind of concreter just concretes over a utility pit?

  Anyway I’m pretty sure that isn’t allowed so you need to get the power company to get the fault fixed (which may require them to harass the neighbour). Just keep complaining

• 

  JIMB0 on 10/08/2024 - 09:50

  +1

  It'll be under the grass. Try poking around.

• 

  blitz on 10/08/2024 - 15:33

  I don't understand why it would be your problem to fix?

  • 

    DoctorCalculon on 10/08/2024 - 23:27

    Because it is easier to pass the buck.