Smart meters, pulling fuses, what’s the latest?

[stevels4]

Totally agree with Stevels4, stick to what you know. If you are not lv authorised then you should not be messing with the the dno's system, whether you think you are capable or not. Having said that I still don't think that dnos are being awkward, as I have said before it was a regular job for me to isolate an installation for the sparks, sometimes calling back later in the day to re-connect, and there was no charge as far as I know. That was with ENWL. Of course, you can always just take off the meter terminal cover and drop the tails out, nothing to do with dno then!

But then it does become something to do with the MOP with no seal on the meter, routine safety checks are carried out on meter installations and a missing seal could result in Revenue Protection becoming involved. Worse still it would result in an audit fail for the meter technician.

 

[stevels4]

I love all the debates but if i come across a smart meter i just remove the load from the supply, cut the tails and then tape over the ends, when ready i strip the tails and terminate into 100Amp D/P block or new consumer unit and away we go...
All the debates of removing/tampering of seals, working live etc etc
After working with electrics for around 30 years there is ways we should do things and ways we just get on with it.

So live working with no PPE......interesting.

 

[Des 56]

So live working with no PPE......interesting.

It used to be that the electrician was able, competent and used to working with electricity,he was expected to and was often experienced working live

It now seems that whole emphasis is on personal protection after you set the bomb off

I suppose given the whole H+S obsession that permeates society, it is an expected response that the majority would agree with

 

[Spunkywads26]

But then it does become something to do with the MOP with no seal on the meter, routine safety checks are carried out on meter installations and a missing seal could result in Revenue Protection becoming involved. Worse still it would result in an audit fail for the meter technician.

Maybe it is a good idea to befriend your local DNO guys when out and about. They are good guys generally I have found and have given me a few seals to reseal a meter after I have finished working on the tails. I asked them about this subject and they told me that they are always attending sites and finding missing seals but it is too much hassle to report. They just reseal along with any other work they are there for and then away they go.

 

[Squid]

I have had 3 smart meters as i switch every year for the best deal. the first barely got a signal and i had to manually give them readings still, the second meter was eon, i switched to npower so it stopped working and resorted to a dumb status, start of last year i switched back to eon due to the discounts and promo's. the meter that was once an eon meter could no longer be read by them having somehow lost its smart features!?? they could manually call it to get a reading but it would no longer auto send data. so they came out and fitted a new smart meter. I recently switched to edf who then proceeded to fit another smart meter! none had an isolation switch you could operate!

I just bypass the meter every so often and create my own "discount" tariff, saves all the faffing around.

 

[Squid]

If the Smart Meter is "that" Smart then pose the question to the Smart Meter, simples........

 

[Octopus]

So live working with no PPE......interesting.

No different to taking the cover off a fuseboard and not turning the main switch off.

 

[Rpa07]

Goodness, I did that today - I’m not in trouble am I?

No different to taking the cover off a fuseboard and not turning the main switch off.

 

[stevels4]

I tend to disregard missing seals (unless it is accompanied by a pungent smell in the air)!
Do the required job and then re-seal especially if there is a brand new CU sitting nearby

 

[stevels4]

No different to taking the cover off a fuseboard and not turning the main switch off.

It is when you are stripping live meter tails back to fit into the blocks.

 

[Rpa07]

Yeh, I didn’t and wouldn’t be doing that!

It is when you are stripping live meter tails back to fit into the blocks.

 

[The Ghost]

Ok @Rpa07 I'll bite, you scoff with your "tin foil hat" remarks. Think then on this my friend
In the city of God there will be a great thunder
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos while the fortress endures
The great leader will succumb
Now you may not be familiar with Nostrodamus but the above is what he said. It is clear to me what this means. The "Two brothers" are clearly electricians and the DNO people. "Torn apart by chaos" is clearly the chaotic and vituperative relations we have with our "brother" And of course "The great leader will succumb" refers clearly to the weakness of the electricians in opening the forbidden seal. And of course the "Thunder" is when it all goes wrong and blows up when you pull the fuse. So you see there is no "tin foil" conspiracy theory here, this was alluded to as far back as the 16th century you see! Hah!