electricity meter inspection

notts_phil

People may read into it what they like:)just asking for some help.

notts_phil

Would the 2 year meter inspection period be reset when you moved suppliers?

macman

No, it would not. The meter is the property of the DNO or it's agent, not of the supplier.
Why don't you tell us why you are asking this-people might be more willing to answer then.

rogerblack

Fundamentally, the person that boxed it in was a complete idiot.
For example, how would you isolate power in the case of a fault, or replace the main fuse if it blows?

Brian99_2

Inspection of my gas meter was done, when they noticed my consumption of gas was unusually low.
They asked me why. Reason, I'm out quite a lot, and the house is small.

However they did the obligatory inspection, with a torch, examining VERY carefully the tarnished brass connections.
I think they're looking for evidence of tampering... e.g. recent spanner marks. There were none.

Hope this helps anyone unduly bothered about the inspection, LOL, its quite painless

Both gas and elec meters have been changed, probably after about 12 yrs after I moved in.

SYNERGY

rogerblack wrote: »

Fundamentally, the person that boxed it in was a complete idiot.
For example, how would you isolate power in the case of a fault, or replace the main fuse if it blows?

Not quite the complete idiot you think I am. :rotfl:

Note, the meter is boxed in.

No need whatsoever to have access to the meter to change the company fuse is there ? :doh:

How would I isolate the power in the case of a fault ?

This took some thinking out :think:

:idea: Well, seeing as there is no switch on the incoming to the company fuse, no switch on the company fuse to meter tails and no switch on the meter to fuse box tails, which there shouldn't be anyway, my cunning but simple plan would be, ........................................

...................... I would either flick the MCB on the circuit with the fault or flick the main switch on the fuse box, again nothing to do at all with the meter is it ? :whistle:

To show what an idiot I'm not, I even pre-planned for the eventuality of the meter needing access / repair / replacement, by making the box easily removable by simply lifting it off. :cool:

chanz4

Brian99 wrote: »

Inspection of my gas meter was done, when they noticed my consumption of gas was unusually low.
They asked me why. Reason, I'm out quite a lot, and the house is small.

However they did the obligatory inspection, with a torch, examining VERY carefully the tarnished brass connections.
I think they're looking for evidence of tampering... e.g. recent spanner marks. There were none.

Hope this helps anyone unduly bothered about the inspection, LOL, its quite painless

Both gas and elec meters have been changed, probably after about 12 yrs after I moved in.

Its very high at the moment, people buying sub meters, reversing and bridging.