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On this forum and online, I'd always heard that one should never pull the fuse from the cutout for reasons ranging from
1. The DNO/ electrical company will know and they will have you arrested for tampering with their equipment
2. You need secret specialist equipment to pull the fuse
3. You need to wear specialist PPE
4. If you pull the fuse there will be a fire, which could wipe out all the trees in the Amazon
Well I decided to test the above, as i had a meter change scheduled.
Before the meter changing chap commenced work, I asked how he isolated power to the meter and he said you just pull out the fuse..
I said what about PPE, specialist equipment, fires and the Amazon?
He laughed and said 'i have pulled out a thousand fuses' and it's as simple as that.. He did warn that point 1 is possible though, especially with a smart meter.
I understand that electrics presents dangers, but my question is why do sparkies tell all these lies about what happens when a fuse is pulled?
Surely, they know the truth?
It feels like the entire industry is built on a 'house of cards'
1. The DNO/ electrical company will know and they will have you arrested for tampering with their equipment
2. You need secret specialist equipment to pull the fuse
3. You need to wear specialist PPE
4. If you pull the fuse there will be a fire, which could wipe out all the trees in the Amazon
Well I decided to test the above, as i had a meter change scheduled.
Before the meter changing chap commenced work, I asked how he isolated power to the meter and he said you just pull out the fuse..
I said what about PPE, specialist equipment, fires and the Amazon?
He laughed and said 'i have pulled out a thousand fuses' and it's as simple as that.. He did warn that point 1 is possible though, especially with a smart meter.
I understand that electrics presents dangers, but my question is why do sparkies tell all these lies about what happens when a fuse is pulled?
Surely, they know the truth?
It feels like the entire industry is built on a 'house of cards'