How many on here have ever actually been prosecuted for pulling the DNO fuse?

[Rockingit]

Allrightee...... thread after thread after thread we get peoples 'angst' about breaking DNO seals and removing fuses (for good reason and safety in mind).

So, if it's such a massive no-no and the DNO's will cart us all off to court under armed guard, how many, exactly, of the 44,000 members of this goodly forum have felt the heat of the spotlight and the gaze of the furious judge???

Anyone???



NB: Removal and tampering of DNO equipment is both illegal and can be dangerous. I do NOT recommend the doing so of under any circumstances.

 

[needasparks]

Must say it is sometimes worth asking when they had the meter read last !
Its not funny when you have the whole meter laying on the hall floor when they turned up to read it.
Although he did not have to get his torch out to read it, i just past it to him. Must have had a good reader, he just smiled.
Won't forget that one for a while.

 

[Darkwood]

re service fuses,got called to the local minimart last year,the owner knows me anyway opened up in morning to an odd smell and no electric,i went to the cutout which was all burned and removed seal and fuse,tails fell out and when enginer arrived i discovered screws had not been tightened at all,when i pointed this out he said they must have backed themselves off and it wasnt their fault,question if they can get screws which are clever enough to slacken themselves completely why can,t they get screws to tighten themselves up? what a chuckle.

Its not as far fetched as it sounds, some meters can have a buzzing or high frequency vibration and its this that can unscrew what were originally tight terminations - it not that common to find this with meters as the grub screws will only react to certain frequencies, also a known issue is copper creep which is especially prone on stranded cables - this is where the termination is done tight but over time the constant pressure on the copper can move the copper strands into a different array and can occupy less space in doing so, this will effectively give a looser connection without the termination ever unscrewing.

Some brands of control gear like contactors have taken this into account and designed terminations that dont fall foul to either the above mentioned.

 

[Paul.M]

Darkwood that is the geekiest thing I've read on here for a while lol . It's correct but very geeky.

 

[gibbyisking]

you've got to cut seals and pull fuses lol how are you ment to change a fuseboard.

 

[Darkwood]

Darkwood that is the geekiest thing I've read on here for a while lol . It's correct but very geeky.

I know lol and not the first person to say, its a mixture of fault finding and design correction all my working life and a hobby reading quantum physics helps too, im often in contact with manufacturers and have been known to have meetings with tech on how to improve products.... its nice to see changes implemented on stuff you use that you asked for and all you out there probably enjoy, occasionally i get free sample of product as thx