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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 443248" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>The issue there is substandard meter tails in and out of the meter. From the henley blocks onwards the tails look reasonable.(though you really want a new consumer unit as part of the extension and a LOT of tidying up)</p><p></p><p>In that situation I would (and have) report that as a "fault" as "dangerous" meter tails. Use the "dangerous" word and that usually gets someone out the same day and it will take them about 15 minutes to replace those tails and as it's a repair, it's free of charge. Then when the guy is there find out for sure what size fuse in in the carrier and see if it can be uprated to 80 or 100A</p><p></p><p>If that is TP it may not be so bad, but if that is a single phase incomer, then feeding out to two other properties I doubt you will just get a bigger fuse fitted that's when it will start to cost you and then to be honest getting a new supply into the annex is starting to look a very much easier option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 443248, member: 6969"] The issue there is substandard meter tails in and out of the meter. From the henley blocks onwards the tails look reasonable.(though you really want a new consumer unit as part of the extension and a LOT of tidying up) In that situation I would (and have) report that as a "fault" as "dangerous" meter tails. Use the "dangerous" word and that usually gets someone out the same day and it will take them about 15 minutes to replace those tails and as it's a repair, it's free of charge. Then when the guy is there find out for sure what size fuse in in the carrier and see if it can be uprated to 80 or 100A If that is TP it may not be so bad, but if that is a single phase incomer, then feeding out to two other properties I doubt you will just get a bigger fuse fitted that's when it will start to cost you and then to be honest getting a new supply into the annex is starting to look a very much easier option. [/QUOTE]
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