Electricity meter is running after I've turned the electricity off at the mains

justjohn

black box looks like main fuse...were do the grey wires go??

frugalmacdugal

Hi,

and here's the pics,

jp456

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Andy_WSM

jp456 wrote: »

http : //imageshack.com/a/img538/8292/d14drY.jpg

frugalmacdugal

Hi,

I notice the 'black box', which is the main fuse, seems to have a broken seal, which means there has been some unauthorized work done at some time, as a genuine company electrician would've resealed it.

Andy_WSM

That's perfectly normal btw. That's the incoming main fuse, through the meter, then grey cables to your consumer unit.

The question is - has anyone else managed to tap in to those grey wires before they hit your consumer unit? Is that even a possibility?

justjohn

its the grey wires that come out of meter. everything after the grey wires draws power from the meter

Andy_WSM

frugalmacdugal wrote: »

Hi,

I notice the 'black box', which is the main fuse, seems to have a broken seal, which means there has been some unauthorized work done at some time, as a genuine company electrician would've resealed it.

But it's unimportant to this discussion as it cannot be the cause of the meter running when all circuits are turned off.

Either the meter is faulty, or something is connected along the length of the grey wires or via the back of the consumer unit.

ChumpusRex

The black box is the main DNO's incoming fuse and connector. It looks OK.

The grey wires are the outlet from the meter. I can't see any connector blocks on those wires to go to a 2nd fuse box, so it seems likely that they go direct to the fuse box. Any junction connector would need to be visible - they aren't allowed to be hidden.

Although electric meters are very reliable, they can break - and this may well be one of those times.

I think a call to the electricity supplier reporting a suspected faulty meter is needed. This will be free if the meter is faulty, but they sometimes charge a large fee if the meter is OK.

An alternative is to ask an electrician in to trace the wires and do a basic check. Any decent electrician will have a clip on meter, that can clip onto the grey wires and will tell if any power is flowing. So, it would be a 5 minute job to tell if the main switch really does cut off all power from that meter. However, you'll end up paying for this whatever happens.

frugalmacdugal

Hi,

Andy_WSM wrote: »

But it's unimportant to this discussion as it cannot be the cause of the meter running when all circuits are turned off.

Either the meter is faulty, or something is connected along the length of the grey wires or via the back of the consumer unit.

the broken seal won't be the cause of the problem, but has someone previous done a bit of diy wiring?