In reply to goosebump:
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> Exactly the issue, and exactly what the blokes said. Lots of housepoints to you
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> It got dark before they could fix the junction at the pole top, so theyve just created an alternative path of least resistance for the water by chopping the sheath off outside the house so it no longer drips through the fuse. Full fix tomorrow. Im still amazed there was no shorting out of anything though.
Where do you live?? We wouldn't be allowed to leave it and come back tomorrow. We would have to fix the problem there and then. Not really a difficult job TBH. Something they could have done there and then.
Hope you made them a cup of Tea. Not many do.