Service/Meter Upgrade?!?!?!?

[CallEdsFirst]

REC just told me that DNO upgrade for cutout has to come before REC will upgrade meter? Does this seem a little odd to you?

i.e. I can pull 100A through a 60A meter before the cutout goes?

 

[CallEdsFirst]

Even better than that! I emailed the DNO via their WEBSITE and got this back in my inbox!!!!!!!

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients failed.

[email protected]

Fools!

 

[Steve]

REC just told me that DNO upgrade for cutout has to come before REC will upgrade meter? Does this seem a little odd to you?

i.e. I can pull 100A through a 60A meter before the cutout goes?

A lot of meters are rated at 40 amps, on 60 or 100 amp fuses. No harm done.

 

[CallEdsFirst]

Did not know that! Always sold 60A and 100A meters for that reason i thought

 

[RF Lighting]

This one is only rated to 25A


100A cutout fuse feeding it

 

[CallEdsFirst]

Is that wrong though? They must be rated for a reason!!!!!

 

[CallEdsFirst]

My DNO has also never heard of an isolator after the cutout but before the CU. Is it likely (depending on if i get a jobsworth) in this case that it can be fitted while he has the main fuse out? Is this technically notifiable? Additional accessory on an existing circuit?

The reason being that they could offer me PME by all accounts, but I don't wanna swap the 100mA RCD main incomer for a mainswitch just yet (do I even have to at all?) An isolator would allow me to get that job sorted later on.

 

[davy_owen_88]

If you install an isolator with incoming and outgoing tails in advance of the meter guy, then when he does arrive, ask him nicely to connect the isolator tails to the meter.

And no, you don't have to replace the 100mA TD RCD if you don't want to - it's just not necessary any more.

 

[CallEdsFirst]

Cool plan man! I like it! Thanks for the swift response!