Meter Tails

[Jimmyb]

Did they ever use 4mm tails for fuse boards because I went to look at putting in a new fuse board and was shocked to see these, I thought maybe they could of been 6mm so got some out the van and compare and they were about 4mm but def no bigger, I disconnected the fuse board and rang the landlord to give a price for replacing them while i was there and explained i couldnt believe they had melted and would quote for csu after i replaced the tails

The board has 30 cooker, 2 rings, immersion and 2 lights, i thought id check main fuse to see what size was in and it was an 80amp, why has the meter company upgraded the meter and left it like this as the landlord said they couldnt of had a problem with it.

 

[Knobhead]

My first house had 7/.64 incoming feeder tails shared with 3 other houses. 30A cutouts in each house feeding 7/.29 tails . Lecy board weren’t impressed by my upgrading of their supply with a Red Spot 100A holder fitted with a 80A fuse, I’d chucked the original cut out in the bin!
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