Smart Meter Engineer says I must pay an electrician to move my current smart meter outside before it can be replaced

[denosalmino]

I've never seen round T&E in this country.

Very obvious to me that is split con used in a very normal/standard way by DNO.


As has been stated already not the responsibility of the customer and certainly not up to anyone but DNO/supplier to say it needs replacing.

Looks like pyro form the cutout

 

[denosalmino]

Can anyone help me understand why this work would be necessary?

A smart meter engineer visited my property in August to replace my current Smart Meters. He looked at the outside cupboard where the cut out is and said he couldn't fit new smart meter due to "the way the power comes into the property". He said I would have to pay an electrician to "rewire from consumer unit as the meter would need to be moved outside by the cut out". (Meters are currently in cupboard on other side of the wall). He said he had seen quite a lot of these and would update my records so that BG wouldn't keep hassling me to upgrade and I thought that was the end of it.

However, this week the smart meter on my gas has developed a fault and keeps switching itself off and closing the valve. BG have told me I need to have the electrical work done to upgrade for this to be resolved.

I had an electrician round to quote for the work (£365 !) to "install meter tails from the external meter cupboard to the Henley blocks by the main fuse board" but, when I asked him why it might be necessary he said he wasn't sure and that maybe it was because outside signal was better or that their T&Cs said to have it outside. He said the work would leave me with no power until BG come to install the smart meter. BG say they will try to co-ordinate so it can be done on the same day.

I have scoured the internet but haven't found anyone else who has been told they need to have this type of work done. I would really appreciate any advice/information.

Looks like a smart meter can be fitted where your current meter is, also your current meter is not smart, it's a traditional meter so your gas meter must be the same. If your having problems with you gas meter have them change it like for like

 

[ericmark]

Look at the date.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Look at the date.

Yeah. I just spent ages reading the thread. Why don't DIY.NOT close responses to a topic after a few months? Moan moan, gripe gripe..

 

[ericmark]

I look and think, did I say that? Then realise at the time it was valid, even if not valid now.

 

[Taylortwocities]

I wonder what the outcome was.
@denosalmino ???

 

[plugwash]

2 - Cable from the cutout is not the correct type, looks like a piece of grotty old T&E that someone has hacked about. Replacement required.

It looks more like split con to me. The cutout end also looks to me like it has a heatshrink boot, which afaict is an item that was used commonly in the past by electricity companies but would be unheard of for a DIYer and rare for an electrican. And the meter inside has intact seals.

 

[SUNRAY]

Seems familiar:

 

[Murdochcat]

Yeah. I just spent ages reading the thread. Why don't DIY.NOT close responses to a topic after a few months? Moan moan, gripe gripe..

Because it’s all about the hits and the money

Why do you think certain “members” start, on a very regular basis, contentious subjects that will get people responding?

 

[blup]

Yeah. I just spent ages reading the thread. Why don't DIY.NOT close responses to a topic after a few months? Moan moan, gripe gripe..

They used to and changed their mind. It can be useful to keep a thread open. What’s the worst that can happen?

 

[blup]

Because it’s all about the hits and the money

Why do you think certain “members” start, on a very regular basis, contentious subjects that will get people responding?

Does DIYnot make money from ads? The same handful of people post and reply, I don’t think 50/60 somethings are an ad man’s dream.

 

[Why Not Indeed]

Yeah. I just spent ages reading the thread. Why don't DIY.NOT close responses to a topic after a few months? Moan moan, gripe gripe..

If you're here simply for your own entertainment purposes, then if you're forgotten you'd already read a thread, it doesn't matter.
If necro-posting vexes you so then you can sort by first post not last, then old threads will be pushed way down:

 

[morqthana]

They used to and changed their mind. It can be useful to keep a thread open.

It can.

Do you get a warning when trying to reply to an old thread?

What’s the worst that can happen?

People waste their time responding to dead questions.

On a scale of 1 to things which actually matter it's a 1.

 

[blup]

It can.

Do you get a warning when trying to reply to an old thread?




People waste their time responding to dead questions.

On a scale of 1 to things which actually matter it's a 1.

It’s usually accidental but you could equally argue repetitive posts on the GD forum are just as, or more, un helpful. It’s a forum so i doesn’t really matter. Better than overzealous moderation in the interests of one clique or another

 

[morqthana]

Better than overzealous moderation in the interests of one clique or another

Oh yeah - we wouldn't want that, would we.....