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  1. M

    Meter box RCD tripping

    The meter box RCD for my power outlets in my home trips at random times, approximately every 13 hours. Have used a portable RCD box to test every appliance plugged into outlets but the portable RCD doesn’t trip. Any ideas? Faulty outlet? Faulty RCD ( it’s 25-30 years old)? No other circuit...
    • MickC67
    • Thread
    • box meter meter box power random rcd rcd tripping tripping
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Australia
  2. VeeKay22

    UK Meter box too congested!

    Hi, I’m just looking for some advice on what can be done. I wouldn’t be touching any of it myself! We are trying to be unlooped and have a fuse upgrade as we have two electric car chargers but northern power grid is now unwilling to do the work due to our meter box being congested! Would we just...
  3. D

    spd in meter box?

    Client needs an SPD fitting but no room in c/u or adjacent. Best bet looks like a parallel connection into the tail blocks in the meter cabinet with an adjacent 'standalone unit' ie with overcurrent protection. Anybody done this? Any reason I shouldn't? Is it ok to use board PEN connection...
  4. D

    EV chargers installed direct to meter box - is it really wrong?

    On another forum for general EV chat this question comes up all the time. It's very common to install a charger taking the supply direct from the meter box via a secondary box and suitable protection installed within the meter box. Reasons to do this appear quite sensible: 1) Often far easier...
  5. T

    Sun heat on caravan cable causing meter box circuit breaker to pop?

    Could the sun’s heat on a caravan mains supply cable cause the fuse/circuit breaker at the meter box/supply end to trip?
    • TimGemm
    • Thread
    • box breaker cable caravan causing circuit circuit breaker heat meter meter box
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. J

    Sub Main Connection From Meter Box

    Hello All, new to the forum. Would be grateful for advice on whether the following proposal is an acceptable solution or open to any suggestions for improving. The brief is to supply a detached garage with incoming power and CU. Power will be used to supply a couple of sockets, lights and an EV...
  7. Z

    UK Can you use expanding foam or silicone sealant in meter box ?

    Holes in meter box near cables. Can you seal them using expanding foam or silicone sealant? Do they damage cables?
  8. T

    Run cable through meter box?

    I have been asked to install an external socket below the meter box. The consumer unit is directly behind the meter box and I plan to put the socket on its own circuit. The easiest route for the cable would be out of the CU, through the meter box and out of the bottom into the socket. My...
  9. B

    Need help finding a specific meter box

    New to the forum. Hopefully somebody can give me some advice on finding a very specific meter box for my house. A few weeks ago our house was vandalized and the vandals ripped our power meter out of the socket, breaking the meter box door in the process. The house was built in the 70s and as far...
  10. D

    Can One Electrical Meter Box Feed a Second Board?

    Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well in these trying times. I'm planning an extension to my house, and I'm looking to have a second consumer board fitted inside the extension. I'm hoping I can feed this new board from the meter box and not as a sub-board from the original consumer unit...
  11. C

    UK Water bonding in gas meter box

    Just had a boiler put in on a grant scheme. Water main earth bonding was connected in with the existing gas bonding's pipe clamp on the outlet pipework of the gas meter inside the meter box, then taken through the backplate of the gas meter box, then goes along behind the units to the water...
  12. M

    Tips for meter box wiring

    Hi guys I've a practical test soon for work as a smart meter installer Looking for any tips on working with 16/25 stranded singles .Could be a mix of pvc only and sheathed, 7 strand Im going to make a dummy board and practice moving things around and connecting to improve my profiency Any...
  13. timhoward

    Meter box door

    Property missing meter box door for an external box that isn't recessed. It's an unusual size (to my eyes) 555mm high by 365mm wide. I can't seem to find a door anywhere including ebay! I've used an over box for a recessed one before but this isn't flush mounted. Any thought's welcomed that are...
  14. N

    Switching on Main Switch in Meter Box after new/replacement installations

    Hi Everyone, My name is nathan. I am a newbie, just completed my bachelor degree in electrical engineering which has quite a broad scope. I recently taken up attachment works which possibly deals house wiring and minute equipment repairs which I am begining to like. A question I woukd like to...
  15. I

    No enough space in the meter box

    Hi All, I'm looking for some advice. I have started wiring up an extension which consist of cooking circuits, 2 ring and 2 light circuits. I will be installing 16mm SWA as a supply from existing meter box to the new consumer unit. Its about 7-8 meters run. There isn't much space in the meter...
  16. Bob Geldoff1234

    Help with outdoor meter box?

    I am looking for an waterproof surface box with a clear window in it to be able to mount a check meter into it so that it can be read from outside without having to remove the lid.I have seen something similar on caravan parks where the caravan hooks up to the supply but cannot seem to find any...
  17. J

    Terminating armoured in meter box

    Evening all. I have to supply a garage conversion with a 16mm armoured running 40 meters away from the main house. I was thinking about coming off the Henley blocks (in the meter cupboard) into a TIME DELAYED RCD board, with a 63 amp Mcb, then glanding the 16mm armoured into the board. I was...
  18. S

    UK CU in Meter Box & Henleys vs REC4

    Hi everyone, I'm still training so some advice would be appreciated :) We have a shed about 60m from the house where would like a supply. I've already ran some 2 core 4mm SWA and wired up a CU with a 30mA incomer, it will be protected upstream by a 16A MCB. I went for 2 core because I want the...
  19. T

    Flammable Filler In meter Box

    Hi, our new home builder has just repaired a hole in the our meter box using car body filler which I believe is flammable. The filler in cases the high voltage wires. I was wondering if this is dangerous and or a fire hazard?
  20. M

    Understanding the electricity supply to my house (pole, underground cable, meter box, etc...)

    Partly cos I like to know everything... Partly because I'm a geek... And partly because we're going to have some electrical work done on the house which has made me curious.... I'd like to know more about the feed to my house... The power lines come to us through the garden and reach a pole...
    • Max Rasa
    • Thread
    • box cable electricity house meter meter box pole supply supply to underground understanding
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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