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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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  • MHRestorations:


    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.




    If a smart meter, presumeably the DNO would not get the notification of loss of supply

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  • MHRestorations:


    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.




    If a smart meter, presumeably the DNO would not get the notification of loss of supply

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