New meter

[kingeri]

Just a quickie. I got a letter saying eon want to change my electric meter, no problem, just wondering do you reckon they'll fit a smart meter? Letter doesn't specify. But I don't see why they wouldn't.

 

[Knobhead]

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Hmm. Smart Meter, Proteus.

Proteus, Smart Meter...... :shocked:

 

[kingeri]

Exactly..............

 

[Andy78]

I wonder how much training meter installers actually get. I mean coming into the job with zero related experience in any way to electrical connections.

 

[kingeri]

Good God, I'm starting to get a cold sweat thinking about some penis licker touching my beloved installation

 

[Guitarist]

Hmmm, Proteus.

 

[kingeri]

Guy has just arrived to fit my smart meter. I'm getting a cold sweat on just listening to him banging about in the cellar.

 

[kingeri]

Needless to say I'll be checking his work as soon as he's gone!

 

[Robson689]

Good luck!! I'm glad we don't use the same type of smart metres that they use over in the States, when you look on YouTube they seem to be having some big problems with them! I saw some videos where whole tree's had died since they were installed!

 

[telectrix]

Guy has just arrived to fit my smart meter. I'm getting a cold sweat on just listening to him banging about in the cellar.

not forgetting to check he's got the polarity correct. some of them can't distinguish between brown and blue.

 

[kingeri]

Just had a look at what he's done. For some reason he found it necessary to shorten the length of MY tails between MY Henley block and MY CU. Can't see any reason why. Plus it's MINE.

 

[telectrix]

has he nicked the tat?

 

[kingeri]

has he nicked the tat?

Yep.

 

[kingeri]

He's got rid of the old radio teleswitch etc. and replaced the tails between fuse carrier and meter (from red/black 16mm to brown/blue 25mm) but left the old 16mm red/black tails from meter to isolator. After the isolator is a Henley block which splits my tails cos I have 2 CUs. One of them I had intentionally left longer than needed cos I am planning at some point to move one of the CUs. He's shortened them. Why?