Pulling live meter tails from isolater switch in consumer unit

[3435hobiton]

Hi, could someone advise me of the safest procedure when pulling live meter tails from the isolator switch at the consumer unit. I know about switching off the main switch to take out the load, but will not be cutting the seal and pulling the fuse from the cut-out. On this occasion I need to pull out the live first... connect to a Henley block and then the neutral and do the same. When reconnecting I will connect the neutral first and then the live. I was wondering if anybody could offer any helpful advise that I may have overlooked.
Regards Paul

 

[HandySparks]

...in Scotland I believe you can notify or even take a short course to allow you to do your own resealing.

This is not the case for the rest of us...

It is for those in the area of southern England covered by SSE. Just talk to them nicely, tell them who you're registered with and they'll give you some temporary seals.

 

[Darkwood]

It is for those in the area of southern England covered by SSE. Just talk to them nicely, tell them who you're registered with and they'll give you some temporary seals.

Life would be simpler if it was across the board but sadly not!

 

[nickblake]

Life would be simpler if the DNO put in isolation switches they change the meters often enough so put in a switch at the same time then problem solved

 

[Geordie Spark]

First to admit my Inglish is crap and the day It kills me is the day Ill respect all those who pulled me for it... although its 50% predictive txt and 50% bad grammer.:dunce2:

But yes Route and Site!...

... and grammAr ...:lol:

 

[Octopus]

Life would be simpler if the DNO put in isolation switches they change the meters often enough so put in a switch at the same time then problem solved

Life would be simpler if all meters were fitted with isolation switches on the customer side like gas meters.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Yes agree to the first part but its in the interest of the forum the advice given does not go beyond legal practice or advise unsafe practices, there's a safe practice method to do this and is the very reason why DNO often change and work live!!! but they wear the appropriate PPE too, something I'm sure the OP will not own, evident in the very fact he has asked the question, genarally in this industry of electrical work we do not get trained to work safely live but how to isolate safely so this is the advice to give.

Looking back over my apprentices of the last 5 I'd say only one would be competent and confident enough to do a live swap, the rest I would dread to think!!!

While we're on the grammAr..lol

 

[Knobhead]

Yes agree to the first part but its in the interest of the forum the advice given does not go beyond legal practice or advise unsafe practices, there's a safe practice method to do this and is the very reason why DNO often change and work live!!! but they wear the appropriate PPE too, something I'm sure the OP will not own, evident in the very fact he has asked the question, genarally in this industry of electrical work we do not get trained to work safely live but how to isolate safely so this is the advise to give.

Looking back over my apprentices of the last 5 I'd say only one would be competent and confident enough to do a live swap, the rest I would dread to think!!!

Punctuation?

 

[Guest55]

Freeze Punks ! This is a bad English raid !






;-)

 

[VoltzElectrical]

They'll need the army, not some irate plebs (sorry I mean fine upstanding, honest policemen/ women/ persons).

 

[andyelectric]

Hi, so cutting and re-sealing is the way forward as it's an urgent job[/QUOTE

So what exactly is so urgent that first you would like to risk your life over it, and then when talked out of that intend to break the law???

Give the whole story, and the experienced chaps on here will give you a tried and tested answer to your problem.

 

[Octopus]

Hi, so cutting and re-sealing is the way forward as it's an urgent job[/QUOTE

So what exactly is so urgent that first you would like to risk your life over it, and then when talked out of that intend to break the law???

Give the whole story, and the experienced chaps on here will give you a tried and tested answer to your problem.

Like why is repositioning a CU "urgent"

 

[andyelectric]

Like why is repositioning a CU "urgent"

Oooops. Missed that.

No need not to wait for an isolator then.

 

[Knobhead]

Thanks Philip, has any Electrician ever been prosecuted for pulling the service fuse?

I don’t know if there have been any prosecutions, as a forum a system of persecution should be introduced to punish members who ask about removing a service fuse.

 

[richy3333]

we can pull a main fuse but never the meter seals and that came from one of Scottish power 's bosses

I understand that the agreement is for NICEIC Approved contractors or the SELECT equivalent, not the millions of fly by night cowboys that exist in Scotland. Years ago I had to show my local manager that I had the safety gear required.

 

[richy3333]

Hi, I'm not bypassing the meter... I'm repositioning the consumer unit 3 foot up the wall. I'm a fully qualified electrician with 2330 levels 2&3, the 17th edition regs and the 2391. I just asked a question and was hoping somebody would offer a constructive answer... not accuse me if being a criminal!

There's brains here that aint been tapped! If you have all those quals then you should know the correct/safe procedure. Prove Darwin wrong...