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  1. Raptor0014

    Solar and splitting tails

    Evening all. I have a question as I can’t get my head around something with solar PV I’m going to be working on a new build in a couple of weeks as the contractors have installed the electrical installation incorrectly as per the customer request when buying and are now refusing to correct...
  2. S

    Splitting meter tails at 3m

    I've haven't got a way back to the main supply and need to add a consumer unit for a garage conversion but the tails are on a double pole isolator switch so was going to split the tails at the 60a fused isolator about 2-3m from the main supply is there anything wrong with this or am I just over...
  3. I

    3 Types of Meter Tails

    Evening! Once upon a time I would use 25mm meter tails which comprised of 7 strands. I now use a 19 strand version. The other day, however, I'm sure I spotted a very fine stranded version on a page on YouTube or in a catalogue/magazine etc. Anyone know what this would have been and is it...
  4. newfutile

    Meter tails no rcd in stud wall

    During an EICR meter tails were found entering the cavity and coming down a stud wall to a consumer unit about 5 meters (direct distance) away. they do have an isolator but no rcd or other protection . as cables buried in a wall have to have (RCD) Residual Current Device at 30mA and generally...
  5. M-B-Electrical-Services

    Correct process for meter tails upgrade and isolator install

    Hi guys, I hope you're all doing ok in this heat!! I have recently carried out an EICR on a domestic property where it failed miserably. The consumer unit is an old MEM metalclad built in the 70's and requires replacement. The meter tails both on the supplier's side and consumer's side are...
  6. B

    Solar Panels Will a CT clamped on meter tails, energy monitor, get distorted by solar input.

    V.early days, just had installed solar. No battery, also supply of some parts difficult at the moment so no App or Online monitoring. I have a loop energy meter, clamped on the tail of the DNO electricity meter. Monitored use before solar & seemed pretty accurate. Looking at the inverter...
  7. V

    New consumer unit - Necessary to replace existing grey tails ?

    Hi, I'm getting conflicting stories about this, I wonder if someone could put this to bed once and for all. I'm replacing a consumer unit in the next few days, and it currently has the common grey tails going from the isolator to the existing consumer unit, one is ,marked "L" then other marked...
  8. BenSparky8

    Shed install. Splitting tails

    Hi guys, Wondering if you could give any advice. Started a job today doing a shed install. They want a 6mm swa supply. The original plan was to come off of an MCB in the fusebox but it’s not going to be very accessible without too much damage. Is there any ideas in what I could do in the meter...
  9. C

    Can anyone identify these meter tails?

    Evening, Carried out EV charger installation survey today & found this meter. Is that a 16mm concentric type cable adapter between cutout & meter? This is a TT installation, tails unprotected. Not sure about installation method of DNO supply. I'd like to upgrade tails to 25mm between cutout &...
  10. T

    New meter tails running in 2 core 25mm swa and 16mm single earth

    Hi everyone, i might be having to run new meter tails from meter box to consumer unit which is just under 3m run, i have used 25mm 3 core before and its hard to work with especially through joists. I was thinking about 2 core 25mm swa and a seperate 16mm earth to make life easier but then came...
    • tomodo
    • Thread
    • 2 core 25mm core earth meter meter tails new running single swa tails
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. K

    Should these tails be mechanically protected?

    Hi guys. Im moving a consumer unit for my brother and where I was going to run a 25mm armoured through the building he has decided to put a window directly above the cut out. After explaining to him the only way I could do it would be to put a piece of earthed metal trunking on the inside (red...
  12. K

    Mix of 16mm and 25mm Meter Tails

    Hi, Just had a new Smart Meter fitted yesterday along with isolator. The chaps installing the SMART meter used 16mm tails from the main DNO fuse cut out (containing 80 amp fuse) to the meter, but then used 25mm tails from the meter to the newly installed isolator (which they also installed). I...
  13. D

    Meter Tails Splice for EV Fitters

    What do we think..?
    • Dustydazzler
    • Thread
    • meter meter tails splice tails
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. C

    Best cable cutter for meter tails

    Which is the best affordable cable cutter for at least up to 25mm2 copper conductor?
  15. J

    Meter tails 10m long

    A customer has Rewired their house, and has run all the cables to a new a location they want the CU in, DNO has apparently told them, they can't move the incomers and meters without everything being tested and certified, creating the obvious issue that its not possible to test and certify...
  16. V

    Tails inside consumer unit bare copper, not terminated correctly - C1 or C2 ?

    Ok, I'm in the middle of an EICR for a client. The tails are going into the consumer unit in separate holes (It's metal, so that's against the regs), and then inside the consumer unit they have been terminated in a really shoddy way with bare copper showing. Now copper showing on the tails is a...
  17. P

    Additional consumer unit - tails in trunking - how?

    I need to install an additional consumer unit. Normally I would put the existing tails into Henley blocks and feed both CU from there, but in this case there is an isolation switch, and the output tails are in metal trunking from the isolator to the CU. The new CU is going next to the old one on...
  18. S

    16mm suppliers tails

    If the suppliers meter tails are 16mm, do I have to use 16mm for a consumer unit on the consumer side or is it ok to use 25mm still?
  19. W

    Reversed Tails at Board

    Apart from swapping them over, what would you do if you came across Live & Neutral tails reversed at the consumer unit?
  20. Weezy

    UK Thoughts on Meter Tails Install?

    I’m rewiring a massive house and there’s a feed to a c.u in the old black rubber cable that needs replacing. I know that Meter tails follow the same guidelines as other domestic wiring, but i’m trying to avoid putting a rcd on supply end of the tails. The run is about 20meters long and going...
    • Weezy
    • Thread
    • install meter meter tails opinions tails thoughts trunking
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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