P K Arun Today, I wanted to share an email about the sump motor.
In Mysore, I noticed most houses use a normal 1 HP Water Pump. The motor they keep outside the sump openly to pump water to the overhead tank.
There is nothing wrong with using Open type pumps.
We even have a open type pump in our native house. Where we use just a few times per year.
Yesterday, we went to Shuka Vana, Mysore. A place where many parrot varieties can be found in a single place.
It has a Guinness World record for the most bird species in an aviary (a large enclosure for confining birds).
I was surprised to see so many types of parrots there. Some types of parrots are so big that I have never seen such big and colourful parrots live.
This early morning, we decided to go to Shri Chamundeshwari Temple, Mysore. One of the most famous temples here in Mysore.
Whenever we visit Mysore, my wife demands to go to this temple. Always.
This time, we went in the morning because a less crowded darshan happened soon.
Last night, my wife and daughter went for a walk here in Mysore after having food.
One thing I noticed here in this area is… Building standards in Mysore are somewhat different from those in Bangalore.
A lot of buildings don’t have front elevation itself. Maybe because they are little old buildings, I guess. But as I can see… these buildings are not that much old.
Anyway…
I’m in my wife’s parent’s house in Mysore. I came here to take a break.
This is something my Internet business allows me to do without waiting for someone else permission. And I’m writing this email from her house with limited access to the internet.
Anyway…
A few days back, one of my readers contacted me asking for some solutions to the problems they were facing. I asked our electrical contractor and responded to him.
Below is what the question is:
Dear sir,
My contractor took temporary connection for construction of second floor in April 2021 . After 3 months, the temporary connection was surrendered and the separate meter was handed over to Bescom.
Now after 34 months, Bescom has issued a bill for arrears of Rs.6500/- as audit short claim along with monthly charge of Rs.250/- against my RR number (2 KW). I have paid the monthly charges under my RR number. But I have not paid the arrears yet.
On enquiry Bescom official said that at the time of surrender of temporary connection on 2.8.21, there was arrears of Rs.1500/- which was not paid . So penalty has been charged for 33 days from 30.6.21 to 2.8.21 at the rate of Rs.250/- per 1 KW per week plus interest payment of around Rs.500/-.
It means for so called arrears of RS.1500/-
the penalty plus interest amount is Rs.5000/-.
This is highly ridiculous. This is nothing but harassing a senior citizen by a govt department.
What is your view on this? What is the actual penalty for non payment of temporary connection monthly recurring charges. How they have accepted the meter without recovering the arrears at the time of surrender of meter on 2.8.21.
Can you throw some light.
Regards
Parameshwar.
Basically, his contractor didn’t do his job well, and now this customer is facing a penalty from BESCOM.
This is common.
If users don’t pick the right electrical contractor, this is what is going to happen. And there is no way you can verify all these things yourself until you face an issue.
Because of his electrical contractor’s mistake, our reader must now pay ₹5,000…
In our first building, we also suffered a lot due to our electrical contractor. That’s why I wrote that guide a little early.
If you notice this reader’s email, you will understand how they feel.
We also felt similar… maybe even worse in our case.
I highly recommend choosing the right electrical contractor for your building. If you wrongly select your electrical contractor, you will face issues at the end stage of your house construction.
When building our second building, we took many extra steps to ensure we picked the right electrical contractor. Our project is quite big, and we don’t want to face issues later.
All the extra effort we put in — is it really worth it?
It’s definitely worth it for us.
BESCOM is one of the worst and most corrupt departments you will face. Keep that in mind.
You can google the Bescom Bribery case and notice tons of results. So be prepared for it.
For your information, it is very rare to get caught while taking bribes in Bescom. In most cases, communication happens only between Bescom officials and contractors and contractors to you.
So, getting caught won’t happen normally. Even though you will see a lot of bribery cases if you search online.
I’m not going to guarantee you will avoid paying bribes. But I can say that you will get the right contractor who knows his work, can handle office work efficiently and, most importantly, can complete your work without any issues.
If you want to find such an efficient electrical contractor, I shared my process in my Electrical Work Guide.
You can find more information below:
https://houseconstructionguide.com/electrical-work-guide/
Arun
Yesterday, one of our readers sent me a rough draft of their Turnkey Contract budget and their terms and conditions.
It’s a 5-page document.
Our reader asked me to review the draft once and give my feedback on it.
It’s too much work for me to do. Still, I decided to give my feedback on it.
He also specifically asked about the construction cost estimation.
Yesterday, Me and my dad wanted to visit the hospital.
My dad and I thought the doctor informed us to come yesterday, so the day before yesterday night, we were getting ready…
While keeping all the documents inside my bag, I opened my discharge summary letter. They clearly mentioned in writing that I needed to visit after 4 Weeks instead of 14 days (which I thought).
I informed the same to my dad.
This Saturday, I met my Dad friend’s son in front of our house.
I informed him about parking his car elsewhere; I could not tolerate seeing his brand-new car spoiling due to sunlight.
He understood my concern and told – Yes, I’m aware of the issue. I already noticed some car paint damaged.
This conservation happened in the morning, and he took immediate action in the evening.
Yesterday, I was talking about some good news regarding the solar panels thing.
Today, I’m sharing that news here.
The thing is… The government recently announced a Subsidy scheme for solar panels.
Yesterday, we bought again another set of “wardrobe oval pipe end supports.”
This is a clamp that is installed inside the wardrobe for holding steel pipe. The pipe where you hang your shirts on it.
Our wall drop guy installed all plastic support to hold the pipe. Within a few years, all those plastic supports are broken.