Warning meters in 300,000 homes could stop working

Just had a customer ask me to connect their peak and off peak supply tails together because the meter fitter refused to do it. Not been to site yet to do the work, and there may be a complication. But surely combining the the two feeds should be part of the meter fitters job, I am going to have to cut the seal on the fuse and probably the meter to complete the task.

I have had to separate peak and off peak supplies that have been combined using Henley blocks.

One of them was a house with an electric storage AGA cooker.

It was dangerous and the customer had big electric bills, 

Seems a bit odd - be aware there are several sorts of off-peak meter, some where the rate switch is not rated for the off peak load, but rather expects to operate a contactor. And some of those were neutral switched, just to muddy the water.

Unless the off-peak load is being removed, I can't quickly see why you'd want to combine meter tails - and I can well imagine the meter fitter could not either.

Mike.

Seems a bit odd - be aware there are several sorts of off-peak meter, some where the rate switch is not rated for the off peak load, but rather expects to operate a contactor. And some of those were neutral switched, just to muddy the water.

Unless the off-peak load is being removed, I can't quickly see why you'd want to combine meter tails - and I can well imagine the meter fitter could not either.

Mike.