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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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    AJJewsbury:




    On a directly-related topic, what is the point of a seal on a head that is installed after the meter?  I have seen this and can't understand what it is there for.  No abstraction is possible even if you remove it and make any changes.


    Do you think its there as the DNO just always put one on any red-head?



    It's probably from an electric shock point of view - preventing someone pulling the fuse or otherwise removing covers to expose live parts - which if it were not for the seal could be accessed without the use of a tool.


      - Andy.

     




    Aha!  Good point.  So on that basis (and I'm probably being an ar$e here...) it could be reasonably replaced by a cable tie?  Same means of removal, i.e. by wire snips...


    Thanks,

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    AJJewsbury:




    On a directly-related topic, what is the point of a seal on a head that is installed after the meter?  I have seen this and can't understand what it is there for.  No abstraction is possible even if you remove it and make any changes.


    Do you think its there as the DNO just always put one on any red-head?



    It's probably from an electric shock point of view - preventing someone pulling the fuse or otherwise removing covers to expose live parts - which if it were not for the seal could be accessed without the use of a tool.


      - Andy.

     




    Aha!  Good point.  So on that basis (and I'm probably being an ar$e here...) it could be reasonably replaced by a cable tie?  Same means of removal, i.e. by wire snips...


    Thanks,

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