Went to a house this morning to locate a fault causing the RCD in a split load board to trip.
Going through the usual tests, I decided to put my earth leakage clamp meter on the earthing conductor.
Here is where it gets weird: with the main switch in the off position, the meter was reading...
Is it possible in a domestic premises to use 35KW of electricity per day? I ask because I've just had a bill from EDF saying that I used 3300KW of electricity from October to February (19 weeks). I've noticed that they think I’m using between 15KW and 35KW per day. When I only use about 60KW per...
I've been asked to confirm that our site electricity meter is accurate!
Easy on a small site, but 6 cable feed,and a few thousand amps, leaves me short on ideas.
To confirm, this is the meter that records electricity usage for our bill.
It's a CT style. The meter doesn't give a live power read...
Hi Everyone,
My name is nathan. I am a newbie, just completed my bachelor degree in electrical engineering which has quite a broad scope. I recently taken up attachment works which possibly deals house wiring and minute equipment repairs which I am begining to like.
A question I woukd like to...
Hi everyone,
Bought some Flexi meter tailes from a supplier today , Am I going crazy or that I marked up incorrect . The Flexi tiles I’m used to has 19 strands of copper or similar, opposed to the normal six or seven.
The ones I’ve got today, Looked like finally stranded wire, at least 200...
Hi All,
I'm looking for some advice.
I have started wiring up an extension which consist of cooking circuits, 2 ring and 2 light circuits.
I will be installing 16mm SWA as a supply from existing meter box to the new consumer unit. Its about 7-8 meters run.
There isn't much space in the meter...
A customer had a smart meter fail in such a way that it was passing on phase through to both of the output lugs meaning that both lugs supplied 120V to ground but there was 0 volts between them. The power utility replaced the meter and all was well but the problem reoccurred a few days later...
Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing well.
Got a job starting next week for a rewire of a studio flat, currently they have 10 mm T&E as metre tails , So definitely got to be an upgrade.
The existing meter box is situated outside ( under cover ) the bathroom wall , On the right hand side of the...
Hi Guy,
I’ve contacted my DNO Scottish power and they’ve quoted me a price of £760 to move my connection point and meter. I seem to be doing most of the work with them pretty much terminating it.
I’ve been looking for someone else to do the work as I’ve believe it’s ‘contestable’ but I’m...
Can a 1-way unit be installed in a meter cupboard? My meter is at the rear of the property and consumer unit at the front.
The meter is due to be changed in a fortnight's time and wondered if i could ask that room is left to accommodate one.
The reason i ask is that i ordered an EV in October...
HI, I had an electrical engineer come to
Fit a smart meter yesterday. They failed it and refused stating my meter board is asbestos. I am not sure it is as I have a digital meter which were fitted in the 90’s I believe and asbestos was banned then. Any ideas??
I ran upon a problem today that is weird and it will be next week sometime before the electric company makes a check of the meter and meter base, By what the owner of the apartment told me.
Problem is meter is showing digital read out as if it is getting electricity from transformer. But I have...
Hi Guys
Just some advice required. I understand meter tails ideally at 3m from meter but is it possible to have meter tails 10-15m from the meter?
Came across a job where there's no real option but to have the consumer unit 10-15m from meter cut out.
If it is possible is additional...
What is the size of these meter tails? Are L&N going to the meter 32mm or 25mm and coming out are 25mm or 16mm? Permitiers are roughly 40mm of larger one and 35mm of smaller one. Thanks for your help ?
I have 2 consumer units, one normal and one for t control, I no longer have storage heaters so want to get the meter removed, can I then use the consumer unit to supply the sockets that were originaly used for storage heating, my immersion heater is also connected to this consumer unit so that...
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