I did some work for a customer recently and recommended he get in EME to upgrade his supply. He asked for a fuse upgrade, new tails and an isolator. the isolator principally because he'll be getting a rewire some time in the next year. But here's the thing. They fitted a new digital meter, upgraded the fuse to 100A (from 60A) and then connected the new meter (via 100mm length of 25 sq mm tails) to the Henley block that served the existing installation, from which 16 sq mm tails go to the fuse box as before... so much for the upgrade.
When the customer queried the lack of an isolator he was told that the meter had an integral isolator and that beyond that point it was entirely up to the owner of the installation. They told him to remove the seals on the connection side of the meter and connect up his own new tails.
Has anybody come across this? I've always made a point of avoiding anything to do with the meters. I don't recall ever noticing a meter with an integral isolator. Has anybody ever isolated the supply at the meter?
When the customer queried the lack of an isolator he was told that the meter had an integral isolator and that beyond that point it was entirely up to the owner of the installation. They told him to remove the seals on the connection side of the meter and connect up his own new tails.
Has anybody come across this? I've always made a point of avoiding anything to do with the meters. I don't recall ever noticing a meter with an integral isolator. Has anybody ever isolated the supply at the meter?