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    Moving electricity meters to outside of house

    Hi all. Welcome some advice. I am extending house and am moving the electricity meter to the an external wall which happens to be adjacent to a cul-de-sac i.e. path. Aside from being quoted £650 to move the cable and meter Scottish Power have now changed their mind to have the meter facing...
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    House Meter goes forward after PV installed

    8kw pv installed two years ago 2phase jobs (2 x 4kw systems) The customer is now saying his electric bill has increase 100% . Its about 17000kw over this time and this is about what the pv has made. The house meter has 2.5mm cables going to it and its CT digital 3ph meter. Could the PV make the...
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    Volt drop calculation

    Hi, Thanks in advance for any advice! I was called out to a client’s swimming pool, as there was a fault on the pool lights. I found that someone had installed 2 x 12 volt 300 watt lamps, recessed underwater into the pool walls, using 10mm cable in parallel so that there are 2 neutrals and 2...
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    Clamp Meters - Whats the difference?

    Hello everyone! I needed a clamp meter on a job last week. It was the first time ive needed one so as i was picking up some gear i picked up one of those Handyman test kits. I assumed they would be half decent as Handyman is made by Metrel (any opinions on that are very welcome!). Anyway...
  5. Soulsurfer

    Kewtech full installation test meter kit...

    Full set of Kewtech inspect and test meters, 3 week old leads set and PAT TESTING ADAPTER Bought every optional extra lead I could get including dist board short out jump leads for R1 + R2 etc... with PAT adapter cost over £200 without one of the 3 test meters !! 1 x KT35 1 x KT42 1 x KT56...
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    CT meters

    Hi Guys, Next week I'm fitting four 3 phase check meters, these will be done with CT's. it say in the info that each phase also has a fused down supply to 4 separate terminals L1 L2 L3 and N are these just to supply the meter or do they use this in some way to measure the current. I ask as i...
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    social housing PV and Key meters

    I live on a rural housing estate in Kent where a lot of the housing stock is owned by a social housing company. This company blanketed the estate with about 120KWP in OCT/NOV 2011. Most of the residents are elderly and have no concept of how they should adapt and change their usage to make the...
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    Testing a Sub Meter

    Hi Wonder if any one can provide any advise? Working in a factory which they have sub let to a number of smaller businesses. Each is feed from a sub main and has a sub meter. Now one of these outlets a cafe, is complaining to the landlord about the size of the bills (over £1000 a month). Now...
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    meter tails over 10 meters best way to do it

    Hi just after a bit of advice,we are wiring a new build where the meter is, the tails will be coming from outside into the kitchen they will be coming up the wall to the ceiling along the the middle of the joists to the consumer unit in the wall what is the best way to do this 1) shall i run...
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    6491 singles. East Manchester.

    I am selling the following. All bought today, I've used just over 6 meters from each roll. £60 the lot collected from East Manchester or Glossop area. I can give you a VAT invoice that I was given when I bought it for £90 inc. Prysmian 6491X PVC Singles, all 98.3 meters: 1.5mm Black 1.5mm...
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    solar pv question on meters

    hi when i am generating 3kwh via the solar panels and only using to 2kwh the red light on the meter (electric company bill) comes on which means it has stopped.. but if i am generating 1.5kwh and using 2.00kwh will my meter which the electric company bill me for only going up 0.5kwh or...
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    Key Meters

    My mother in law has just aquired a commercial property with flats above which she plans to rent out, the whole building is on one supply and would like key meters or the like to be fitted to each flat so that the tenants pay as you go. All i can find are coin meters, are key meters readily...
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    Sub main for garage 80 meters away

    Hi guys iv been asked to put a sub main in 80 meters away! It will need to have 1 x 32amp with 8sockets on 3 x 10amp with heater on each mcb 1 x 6amp with 8 lights on Please give me your thoughts on cable size thanks guys
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    meters not accurate below 0.01 ohms

    After previous thread on here regarding. Max Zs when getting to the bigger fuses 400 amp + max ZS is below reading range of meter R1R2 0.01 ohms I have told this to my boss who is not giving me no feedback now I. Am the only tester on site no one else to ask really. Now I really would like to...
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    Electric Meters

    Can anyone suggest a cheap but accurate Electric Meter to be used in a caravan. Reason :- I have 5 vans on a site in mid wales and have recently received the electric bills for the winter quarter, 4 of the 5 bills range between £30 and £45 and feels about right considering usage. Van 5 has come...
  16. Robotstar5

    Analogue meters

    Having a sort out in the loft and found this... Never been used, does any one use them now?, don't know whether to put it on Ebay as collectable :D or bin it.
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    Split load economy seven meters

    Can anybody point to a good site with info on these ? A customer that wants more info on why his economy seven has never worked ..... :lol::lol::lol:
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    Pat test adapters for 17th multifunctional meters

    Hi All, im looking into getting a PAT tester at some point this year. However my friend, a fellow spark says that he bought an adapter for his meter for a mere £30. Its an adaptor that you place the leads from your 17th Meter into the adaptor and place the 13A plug into it. Im slightly...
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    Fluke Multi Testers

    I have had three multi testers so far and found them unreliable! They are over priced and over rated! I will be going back to Meggar, tried and tested!
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    Eddy Currents affecting energy check meters.

    Hiya everybody I'm a long time reader first time poster of this wonderfull forum and I just wanted your opinion on Eddy currents? I was asked to test some electricity meters on a static caravan park recently as the owners were complaining about their bills, and whilst i was in the meter...

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