Adam_151 said:
Begs the question of why the 15A switchfuse, and did it blow often, looks to be an 8way wylex board, much load on it?
The switchfuse appears to be unearthed, as does the (redundant?) switch fuse above the meter
Whats with the disconnected wylex board on the right?
Did you get the job to replace it all? did you snip the meter seal and replace the 3 cloth tails with 1 lot of pvc 25mm²?
No, never according to the customer.
It was!
It was for S/Heaters.
Yes. No, UU did it*. Yes.
* I argued with UU about the earthing arrangements, which was an EC14 on the sheath. They said it was fine, I showed them my Ze readings of 0.95 and 0.89 (not much over, but over nonetheless) and forced them to fit what you see in the picture.
ban-all-sheds said:
newspark_paul said:
Looks like the installer has used coat hangers to provide a link between the top switchfuse and the MET.
Good grief. So he has.
Actually, no.
It's the old solid strand bare copper earth wire twisted together with another.
Just looks very like a coat hanger!
Crafty: the blue tape was crispy when I took it off. Ancient. Must have been put on when meter changed years before.
pcboffinuk said:
Whereabouts was this? My house was only built in 1990 and EDF are coming round to replace the meter in July as end of life - surely the relavent DNO haven't ever come out to that and left without at least a mention!
Just round the corner from my house in Bramhall.
Ha! Well, UU are supposed to change meters round here every 20, but mine was the same age as the house (1961) until I hollered at them last year I wanted to fit a 9.5kW shower and wanted a 100A one, not a 40A one...they grudgingly agreed.
So, my next meter should be in 2050, then......
