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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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    I have an ongoing situation, I started an EICR and found Zs to be 1.3 ohms for TN-S, measured with the SSE main fuse removed. SSE have eventually sent someone out and have now decided to dig up the drive and lay in a new supply. This is another case where someone (Yours truly), who is authorised to do so, has found a safety issue caused by their supply. I think that they must be in a quandary as to whether to suffer the lesser of 2 evils, by authorising registered electricians to test at their incoming supply or having a sitting problem. A further consequence is that there are 2 supplies to outdoor buildings that may now require T.T. if they supply a TN-C-S.


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    I have an ongoing situation, I started an EICR and found Zs to be 1.3 ohms for TN-S, measured with the SSE main fuse removed. SSE have eventually sent someone out and have now decided to dig up the drive and lay in a new supply. This is another case where someone (Yours truly), who is authorised to do so, has found a safety issue caused by their supply. I think that they must be in a quandary as to whether to suffer the lesser of 2 evils, by authorising registered electricians to test at their incoming supply or having a sitting problem. A further consequence is that there are 2 supplies to outdoor buildings that may now require T.T. if they supply a TN-C-S.


    Jaymack
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