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On the subject of pulling the DNO fuse.

alanblaby
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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    We're in SSE territory, and I frankly like their attitude.  I do agree with the arguments here about not treating it with a lack of respect. If the service head looks disturbing in any way, i will ignore it.


    A much simpler method for a domestic electrician is to cut the seal on the meter, (yes I know that has the same issues with abstraction and unlawfulness) and remove the tails from the load side with NO LOAD... We all own insulated tools and PPE. And you're physically separated from messing with the service head (where the 80 yr old cable is deteriorating), AND you're protected by the fuse.


    Most fuseboard changes will require cutting the meter terminal seal anyway to change the tails.


    Again, whether this is a good idea or not depends on your own personal risk assessment, and the attitude of your DNO or in this case, metering company.


    It's only ever necessary to remove one set of tails and replace with one new set on any particular job, so it's worth taking the time to do the risk assessment, even if just for your own personal peace of mind. if it starts to arc, what do you do? if the meter falls to bits, what do you do?
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    We're in SSE territory, and I frankly like their attitude.  I do agree with the arguments here about not treating it with a lack of respect. If the service head looks disturbing in any way, i will ignore it.


    A much simpler method for a domestic electrician is to cut the seal on the meter, (yes I know that has the same issues with abstraction and unlawfulness) and remove the tails from the load side with NO LOAD... We all own insulated tools and PPE. And you're physically separated from messing with the service head (where the 80 yr old cable is deteriorating), AND you're protected by the fuse.


    Most fuseboard changes will require cutting the meter terminal seal anyway to change the tails.


    Again, whether this is a good idea or not depends on your own personal risk assessment, and the attitude of your DNO or in this case, metering company.


    It's only ever necessary to remove one set of tails and replace with one new set on any particular job, so it's worth taking the time to do the risk assessment, even if just for your own personal peace of mind. if it starts to arc, what do you do? if the meter falls to bits, what do you do?
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