Single phase supply from a 3 phase meter question

[jedisparks]

Hello,

Just wondered if I could pick some brains please. This might seem like a basic question to some but I am wondering there would be any problem with using just one phase from a 3 phase check meter?

I'm doing some work in a warehouse which is being divided into 2 units. one unit will be fed from an existing single phase board. The landlord wants a separate check meter for the other unit. There is actually a disused 3 phase check meter there, the load side from this is terminated into a 3 phase switch fuse with no DB or anything coming off it. So, essentially from an old 3 phase installation no longer used.

I'd like to simply take a single phase supply from the 3 phase switch fuse to run a small single phase supply in the new unit. Will only taking a single phase supply though the 3 phase check meter adversely affect the meter operation at all?

Hope that makes sense

Many thanks in advance.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Before i answer, or should i say attempt to answer, can you tell me what a "check meter" is please.

Cheers............Howard

 

[Guest77]

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[jedisparks]

Thanks for replying Howard. Apologies, I didn't make that clear. When I say check meter I mean a 3 phase meter installed on the consumers side of the installation, to enable the energy consumption of part of an installation to be monitored separately from another. The reading from this meter is then subtracted from the suppliers meter to separate the energy costs.

The link MDJ has provided shows the sort of meter I mean, it's an analogue meter. I want to know if taking just a single phase supply through one of these 3 phase meters will adversely affect it's operation. I can't see why but hoped someone more knowledgeable than me on this might know.

Many thanks