Faulty gas meter?

[Paul17176]

Hello,

I've been reading only on here on and off for a couple of years and thought I'd finally get around to a post!!

I'm an Elecsa member now for a couple of years and built things up slowly but came across a strange one today that I've not come across before.

I fitted a new CU and the gas meter was fine before hand, dead tests all came back ok, but when I powered back up the gas meter dials were spinning at a rate of knots! Turning off the boiler stopped it but why would this only become an issue after changing the board? If there was a fault on the boiler it should show up before also surely?

There's other works going on there but no gas leak or the likes either apparent and you'd know if you were getting through that much gas.

It appears to be a faulty meter but just wondered if anyone had come across it before.

thanks

 

[trev]

Did you whap 500 up the boiler?

 

[Paul17176]

Pretty sure I didnt, 250 only, wouldn't damage it would you think?

 

[driverman]

Have you drilled a fixing hole through a gas pipe?

 

[Paul17176]

Added a couple of sockets so had a bit of floor up but not today, nothing near enough to the CU that could've been damaged.

 

[Knobhead]

Get someone thats "gas safe" to test system.

 

[driverman]

Added a couple of sockets so had a bit of floor up but not today, nothing near enough to the CU that could've been damaged.

You will be surprised where old gas pipes run. How old is the property you are working in? I'm sure others will agree, but I've seen gas pipes run diagonally across walls to get from A to B, also around the front of chimney breast.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Get someone thats "gas safe" to test system.

I'd turn it around if the dials are spinning at a rate of knots!

 

[Paul17176]

I'm on to it already but thought I'd ask in here if there was anything obvious I'd missed. Thanks

 

[telectrix]

​boom!

 

[Paul17176]

You will be surprised where old gas pipes run. How old is the property you are working in? I'm sure others will agree, but I've seen gas pipes run diagonally across walls to get from A to B, also around the front of chimney breast.

I'm going down the gas safe route and will recheck round again to see that I'm clear of everything. Thanks for your help all.

I will try not to leave it another few years before my next thread post!

 

[telectrix]

just hope the customer's not jewish.

 

[TJ Anderson]

Think it is going to be cold tonight....

 

[ImpededLoop]

If switching off the boiler stopped the meter dials, then there isn't likely to be a pipework leak.

Did the boiler appear to be working correctly when it was powered up?

Whatever the result, please post up what the cause is in case anyone else ever encounters it.

 

[Paul17176]

If switching off the boiler stopped the meter dials, then there isn't likely to be a pipework leak.

Did the boiler appear to be working correctly when it was powered up?

Whatever the result, please post up what the cause is in case anyone else ever encounters it.

Boiler was working fine, lit up no problem etc. will certainly post the outcome. Thanks

 

[davesparks]

The dials on the gas meter will spin when the boiler is firing, this is the meter doing its job of metering the gas usage.
If you've had the boiler off for a few hours to do the job then it'll likely be getting a demand as soon as you put the power back on so will kick in to life.

 

[Paul17176]

The dials on the gas meter will spin when the boiler is firing, this is the meter doing its job of metering the gas usage.
If you've had the boiler off for a few hours to do the job then it'll likely be getting a demand as soon as you put the power back on so will kick in to life.

I turned it off straight away the first time to check there was no obvious gas leak then left it a bit longer, a few minutes maybe. Should it settle down within a few minutes?

 

[davesparks]

I turned it off straight away the first time to check there was no obvious gas leak then left it a bit longer, a few minutes maybe. Should it settle down within a few minutes?

What exactly have you been turning on and off? The boiler or the gas ecv?

 

[ruston]

Only when the heating had been satisfied ,this would take a bit of time this weather. Did you try turning the heating off and just turning the hot tap on to see if it stopped spinning when you turned it off?

 

[davesparks]

Also how did you check for gas leaks? I know a couple of ways of doing this. One has fallen out of favour these days as it is considered to be a tad dangerous, and the other should only be carried out by a Gassafe chappy.