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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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  • Agreed - they overplay the danger thing to protect their market.. Having worked in an industry where HT switching and pulling 800A fuses was a daily thing, and yanking HRCs out of live 3 phase dist boards, the humble single phase domestic cut out holds no fears for me.

    If I find a cast iron cut out, usually accompanied by a separate fused or linked neutral and both with pitch dripping out of them I steer well clear and get the customer to sort it directly with their supplier. THAT isn't worth the risk.
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  • Agreed - they overplay the danger thing to protect their market.. Having worked in an industry where HT switching and pulling 800A fuses was a daily thing, and yanking HRCs out of live 3 phase dist boards, the humble single phase domestic cut out holds no fears for me.

    If I find a cast iron cut out, usually accompanied by a separate fused or linked neutral and both with pitch dripping out of them I steer well clear and get the customer to sort it directly with their supplier. THAT isn't worth the risk.
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