Meter tail upgrade what the hell

[chris day]

UKPN came out for a client as I suggested they have their supply upgraded to 100a.

My new tails are 25mm from the consumer side of the service double pole isolators.

What I can’t understand is that UKPN won’t upgrade the head because the tails which I cannot touch (between the bottom service isolator and service head) have not been upgraded?
This also includes the leg between meter and isolator

What they hell who changes there tails is UKPN won’t?

 

[SparkyChick]

So what I've done in the past is had an engineer out and I've asked them to cut the seals so I can upgrade the tails. They've obliged and gone and sat in the van for 15 minutes while I do the work, then they come back, I always have them check tightness, re-install the fuse and re-seal.

My DNO is WPD and the engineers have always been very accommodating.

 

[Squid]

Buy your own seals,

not the ones that swim in the sea or sing,

 

[PEG]

I would concur,with Sparkychic....these are alterations which occur,while others have a brew,in their van

 

[Wilko]

Hi - The jobs that do seem to go smoothly for me are when the DNO is also the energy supplier. Chap arrives, we do the necessary, job done. The Pot Noodle energy suppliers - not so much.

 

[Squid]

I would concur,with Sparkychic....these are alterations which occur,while others have a brew,in their van

Sparky chick also has the added bonus of just having to loosen a few buttons of her boiler suit to get the engineers to be accommodating.........

 

[Andy78]

DNO round here are very nice chaps. Did a job with them today and now the van is richer to the tune of 30m of 25mm tails, about 10m of 16mm G/Y, a box full of 100A henley blocks and a dozen rolls of tape.

All for the bargain price of a bagful of sausage rolls.

 

[Intoelectrics]

Doesn't look like the seals are in place on the fuse carrier or the meter anyhow, or is it my eyes?

 

[Squid]

SparkyHotChick in her area can get anything connected/dealt with by the DNO engineers then anyone else.......

 

[PEG]

SparkyHotChick in her area can get anything connected/dealt with by the DNO engineers then anyone else.......

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To be honest....that's how i picture YOU

It's great being anonymous...i bet you think i look like Thor.....when really,i'm just a tiny,pickled brain,in a fish-bowl

 

[Squid]

To be honest....that's how i picture YOU

It's great being anonymous...i bet you think i look like Thor.....when really,i'm just a tiny,pickled brain,in a fish-bowl

You're a Manc, they are are all losers, pfffft The Liverpudlians are far more intelligent and fun to hang around with, this is me,

 

[Leesparkykent]

I've never called the MOP/DNO to come and pull a fuse, upgrade tails or upgrade main earthing conductor. I haven't got time for that.....If it needs doing, it just gets done as part of the job by me.

 

[PEG]

I've never called the MOP/DNO to come and pull a fuse, upgrade tails or upgrade main earthing conductor. I haven't got time for that.....If it needs doing, it just gets done as part of the job by me.

I like,do,and agree...

Just not ready to put it in writing...

 

[Leesparkykent]

I like,do,and agree...

Just not ready to put it in writing...

Sod them lol....What they going to do.....Any way I would just deny it and wear gloves so my paw prints aren’t all over it I changed a rotten meter board the other day, at an art gallery I’m doing

 

[PEG]

Sod them lol....What they going to do.....Any way I would just deny it and wear gloves so my paw prints aren’t all over it I changed a rotten meter board the other day, at an art gallery I’m doing

....Although we cannot return any works of art...we give a prize,for all those,we show...

Whose gonna show their age,and flag where that's from...

 

[PEG]

You're a Manc, they are are all losers, pfffft The Liverpudlians are far more intelligent and fun to hang around with, this is me,

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We love the scousers,too....always a pleasure,to have a day off work,while we wait for a new set of wheels and tyres to arrive....

 

[GBDamo]

....Although we cannot return any works of art...we give a prize,for all those,we show...

Whose gonna show their age,and flag where that's from...

I'm sitting here humming the "gallery" tune but cannot for the life of me remember the program name.

It had Tony Hart in it, was it Hartbeat or or Take Hart or am I barking up the wrong tree?

 

[Squid]

We love the scousers,too....always a pleasure,to have a day off work,while we wait for a new set of wheels and tyres to arrive....

Just have Tel on speed dial......

 

[Zerax]

I'm sitting here humming the "gallery" tune but cannot for the life of me remember the program name.

It had Tony Hart in it, was it Hartbeat or or Take Hart or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Vision On (just asked my Mum)

 

[DPG]

Take Hart and Hart Beat yes.

 

[Tony Reidy]

....Although we cannot return any works of art...we give a prize,for all those,we show...

Whose gonna show their age,and flag where that's from...

Was it vision on

 

[Zerax]

Was it vision on

Hang on.... hang on... I said that in post #19 !

 

[stevels4]

That’s bad....cables not colour harmonised...I would have repositioned the meter to the left over the cut out and fitted the isolator to the right to save crossing the cables and then re-sealed everything.
Cut out looks like an early series 5 so probably 80A maximum load rating.

 

[Kevy]

If you happen to be in Scottish and Southern Electrickery Networks area then they’re happy for you to remove the fuse and re-seal as long as you’re a member of a scam

Information for electrical contractors - supply characteristics and earthing arrangements - https://www.ssen.co.uk/ForContractors/

 

[telectrix]

You're a Manc, they are are all losers, pfffft The Liverpudlians are far more intelligent and fun to hang around with, this is me,

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is that your demob suit from 1945?