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On the subject of pulling the DNO fuse.

There have been a couple of reports here of the DNO confronting electricians who have pulled their fuse.


It's getting closer to home, a work colleague was doing a CU change on a domestic house last week, no isolator fitted, so he pulled the fuse (no seals present).

South Nottinghamshire.


Around 90 minutes later there was a knock on the door, a guy from Western Power was investigating a power loss at the property, reported by the Smart Meter phoning home.

He gave the sparky a talking to, and warned they are getting strict in pursuing people who do it, he said meter fiddling was rife, so any loss of power is checked out asap.
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  • Howard Warren:

    Normally, for a simple service connection to an LV cable or overhead line, the cut out is terminated at the same time the mains connection is made ... 




    I think that I may have been misunderstood. The service cable was terminated dead whilst the jointer was preparing the cables in the hole in the ground. It follows that there was no requirement for PPE at that stage.

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  • Howard Warren:

    Normally, for a simple service connection to an LV cable or overhead line, the cut out is terminated at the same time the mains connection is made ... 




    I think that I may have been misunderstood. The service cable was terminated dead whilst the jointer was preparing the cables in the hole in the ground. It follows that there was no requirement for PPE at that stage.

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