I broke the main fuse seal

[pete01]

 

[akist]

I also have a huge isolator right after the smart meter, but I fitted my own meter between the two, so had to pull out the main fuse. From the isolator we have a 35mm (I think) armoured cable going down into the ground, so not easy to fit the additional meter there.

 

[ebee]

So you fitted a meter between the company Meter and the your local Isolator instead of after your local isolator ?

May I ask Why? In other words why not after your local isolator and hence the seal could have been left intact !

 

[akist]

So you fitted a meter between the company Meter and the your local Isolator instead of after your local isolator ?

May I ask Why? In other words why not after your local isolator and hence the seal could have been left intact !

Because the isolator, a huge box, has an output of a 35mm armoured cable, impossible to intervene, whereas the company's meter only outputs two relatively easier to handle tails. The crimps alone that go into the isolator require a 3 foot crimping tool.

 

[ebee]

Could you not have an output to a tail block them from the tail block to your meter then from your meter to your Consumer Unit.

 

[opps]

Over the years, I have had a couple of customers who blew the main fuse because they were running too many appliances at once whilst having a party. They got someone to swing by and fit a new fuse. In theory, how long would a DNO take to turn up?

 

[johnny2007]

When I had a new consumer unit fitted, my electrician broke the seal on the main fuse and pulled it out.
When he finished he called the supplier and told them.
They sent someone around to replace the seal.
They didn't ask any questions to the electrician or myself.

 

[ebee]

When I had a new consumer unit fitted, my electrician broke the seal on the main fuse and pulled it out.
When he finished he called the supplier and told them.
They sent someone around to replace the seal.
They didn't ask any questions to the electrician or myself.

No that sounds about right.
Years ago when I was young it was "Do not break the seal" then if you reported it was already broken they would come and reseal it virtrually no questions asked. In fact I came accross a broken seal on a job I was on and I had applied for a reconnection and asked the customer to tell them on their visit , she forgot and they never asked, so i got altter threatening to pull my arms and legs off if i did it again but let me off just this once. I was automatically blamed as the last man in irresective of who did it. LOL.

Later on if you intended to break the seal fo tfit something then ring them and arrange a reseal then once confirmed break the seal and do your work in the days before the reseal. Easy peasy, I found once you had arranged the reseal and then mentioning you would now break the seal they would utter "Err you can`t do that!" but tell them theyve done it before and they just laugh and it all gets done.

From the 70s to today things have changed.

 

[martygturner]

errr the meter has nothing to do with the DNO its owned by the supplier who contract the dno to do the meter connection. see

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will the meter dob you in... no , how does a meter discriminate between a shutdown types well it can't, why did the power go off ...add to a list, installation work, shutdown whilst away, power cut- octopus point you to the dno , so they don't know about grid outages.

Offically the DNO owns the supply head and some earthing arrangements.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Could you not have an output to a tail block them from the tail block to your meter then from your meter to your Consumer Unit.

I would question the need to check the meter at all, and the whole exercise has proven a waste of time, risk, and effort anyway - because both meters agreed. There again, what would the op do if they disagreed? Which of the two would be the one to blame for the error? The only way is to add two extra meters in, and if both disagreed with the smart meter, maybe cause for complaint.

 

[plugwash]

Over the years, I have had a couple of customers who blew the main fuse because they were running too many appliances at once whilst having a party. They got someone to swing by and fit a new fuse. In theory, how long would a DNO take to turn up?

https://customer.nationalgrid.co.uk/advice-and-guidance/key-performance-targets claims they should attend within 3 hours on weekdays and 4 hours at weekends.