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Who is responsible for replacing outgoing meter tails if there is a seal on the cover?
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Tucker" data-source="post: 478350" data-attributes="member: 31220"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>My first post here as I am new so I hope this is in the right place.</p><p></p><p>I visited a customer with a 3 phase feed. The customer has overloaded the L1 feed ('someone' and the customer doesn't know who or how replaced fuse wire with normal wire), which I have rectified and the loads balanced now, but the L1 tail needs to be replaced from the meter to the Switched Fuse Isolator, now correctly fused. </p><p></p><p>Who is responsible for doing this as the meter end of the tail is obviously connected to the meter and sealed. I assume it is the suppliers responsibility, not the DNO (UK Power Networks in my area) as they only cover to their header fuse. However the supplier does not provide out of hours cover so who can do it? Can any qualified electrician replace it if the header fuse is first pulled by the DNO to allow dead working? </p><p></p><p>This is more of a theoretical question as detailed in other posts I have read, generally to get the job done we do what is required so we don't leave the customer without power but what is the right way and who is responsible?</p><p></p><p>All views appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Tucker, post: 478350, member: 31220"] Hello everyone, My first post here as I am new so I hope this is in the right place. I visited a customer with a 3 phase feed. The customer has overloaded the L1 feed ('someone' and the customer doesn't know who or how replaced fuse wire with normal wire), which I have rectified and the loads balanced now, but the L1 tail needs to be replaced from the meter to the Switched Fuse Isolator, now correctly fused. Who is responsible for doing this as the meter end of the tail is obviously connected to the meter and sealed. I assume it is the suppliers responsibility, not the DNO (UK Power Networks in my area) as they only cover to their header fuse. However the supplier does not provide out of hours cover so who can do it? Can any qualified electrician replace it if the header fuse is first pulled by the DNO to allow dead working? This is more of a theoretical question as detailed in other posts I have read, generally to get the job done we do what is required so we don't leave the customer without power but what is the right way and who is responsible? All views appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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