Hi - I'm new Here! Although I've been lurking for a while...I've had a Job today that has managed to Irk me enough to see if anyone else has had this issue. We've been asked to carry out the works for a new supply to 3n. Flats & 1n. House - All of which are existing. (Long story - but they've all been connected via a communal supply from a commercial building for some time) The new UKPN supply terminates into a standard 100A 3 phase head inside a kiosk. We've then installed a 5 way Ryefield board, From here Tails go out awaiting the meter connection & then onto 100A Switch Fuse isolators & then out in SWA's to each property. We've done this plenty of times & have never had an issue.
However....
The meter company (SSE) Attended site today & the installer stated he was unable to connect as we haven't installed Henley Red Link Fuses. I've never seen these before & after a quick google - they look like a normal surface mounted 100A cutout. I suggested that this was really no different from the Ryefield board & In fact that would then mean 3 100A fuses in series within the same kiosk within around 300mm of each other. However, He wouldn't have it & still refused to connect. This resulted in a very unhappy customer Who may have to pay for an aborted visit (Unless I can prove there should be no reason for no connection) & us having to temporarily connect back up all the cables we had disconnected...
Am I missing something - Or is this just an overzealous (& Perhaps underexperienced) installer?
To me - Cutout to Ryefield board to Meter to SW Fuses isolator is perfectly acceptable.
Anyone's thoughts would be welcome
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