Refurbishment. Help needed with spooky ancient meters.

[jaintiler]

thank you. the fuse box photo is from the DNO who did the fuse work 2 years ago when there was a leak. according the lady here, they promised to come out and sort the whole box but never came back. We are not sure if the fuse head is good enough as it is to take a 100A fuse?

 

[westward10]

Is that the service head!!
Is the cover missing?

 

[jaintiler]

hi. no there is a big iron cover door with the numbers 1888. that shuts over that and then there is another door to access that.

 

[pc1966]

I would call the DNO about that cut-out, it looks in terrible condition! Better still send them a photo!

Can't you post a better photo of the meters? To get the disk factor mentioned above from it.

 

[DefyG]

The old meters varied in terms of revolutions per kWh so dont think the number of revolutions at any one time will prove much.
It should however increase with loading so if at a constant speed regardless of load, can only think it is an internal fault that should be reported to the electricity supplier!

Clearly a 3 phase head which might account for the other single phase meter, although only one fuse carrier would indicate that if it is live it must be off the same phase so probably 'Off Peak' meter prior to a 'teleswitch' that has previously been removed!

 

[jaintiler]

amazing how much we learn on this forum in such a short time. never heard of a teleswitch before and neither had any of my team. even our electrician was confused! the lady here has no idea about it. Are we saying that an entire radio unit has been removed at some point? or is it some simple switch? There does not seem to be an large gaps anywhere.

 

[DefyG]

Judging by the age of the installation it may have been an old mechanical timer that was used to switch on and off the Off Peak supply, if it ever was an Off Peak supply but we don't really know from the info and photo's!
'Teleswitch' is a more recent version that can be switched remotely.

 

[freddo]

Wow that head is in poor condition and well overdue for replacement, leave the iron cover shut as it is covering very dangerous parts. If it is a 3 phase supply to the head, the screw terminals near the bottom will all be live.

 

[Mark Wright]

If she's happy with her current electrical bills I'd be wary about getting the meters upgraded.

 

[jaintiler]

Thanks. Well the DNO assured the lady they would sort out the cut out when they came to sort the leak but that was never followed up. That was two years ago so we will speak to them. our electrician said today that the last fuse carrier (on far right) in that cut out is actually live. No fuse in it. He said it is linked to a substation which is normal. We have no idea what that is but is it common to have a live fuse carrier like that?