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Don't know, but when you follow-up with a statement like ''just RCD the whole install'' it all depends how the reader construes your meaning.
My point was eng...keep it on a TT...RCD in place of the old voltage trip....we have done this before ...christ...we even kept the BS3036 board as it was good for continued service)....so then you have your fault protection dont you.....and it hasn`t lined the pockets of the DNO!!....
 
My point was eng...keep it on a TT...RCD in place of the old voltage trip....we have done this before ...christ...we even kept the BS3036 board as it was good for continued service)....so then you have your fault protection dont you.....and it hasn`t lined the pockets of the DNO!!....

Fir enough!! To be honest i wasn't sure what you were saying, which is why i didn't quote you. But it does seem possible that the OP took your meaning as, not to bother from his next post!!

Personally, if the opportunity was there for a PME connection, i would certainly take it, whether it was charged or not. Not that i think 100 quid + vat is ethical or right, it's not!! Your all paying a standard quarterly charge on every electric bill, which should cover any such conversions on the service side, including provision of safety isolators too... Just think of the revenue each service cut-out/meter position generates for the DNO's over say 20 to 50+ years, .....A staggering amount!!
 
Fir enough!! To be honest i wasn't sure what you were saying, which is why i didn't quote you. But it does seem possible that the OP took your meaning as, not to bother from his next post!!

Personally, if the opportunity was there for a PME connection, i would certainly take it, whether it was charged or not. Not that i think 100 quid + vat is ethical or right, it's not!! Your all paying a standard quarterly charge on every electric bill, which should cover any such conversions on the service side, including provision of safety isolators too... Just think of the revenue each service cut-out/meter position generates for the DNO's over say 20 to 50+ years, .....A staggering amount!!
look eng, i`m of the same frame of mind as you when it comes to tt-Vs-pme...but its an additional cost that can be counted out for customers in this frugal time....i mean lets face it.....you would have to RCD final circuits anyway for use in a domestic scenario....so as an RCD can provide fault protection for TT... ...then i just see PME as an unnecessary raid on peoples wallet/purse at the mo` by hungry DNOs....
the only thing i will say though is RCDs are still not as reliable as MCBs.....
 
Just had my in-laws overhead changed from TT to PME free of charge by UKPN. Great guys who even got the overhead uninsulated cables to the cottage replaced with a single, also free of charge.
Ze now of 0.33 so I'm very happy :)

My advice is to give it a go and enquire... You might be pleasantly surprised.
 
just make sure they dont do what these numptys did at a place i looked at a while back.....left an unused cable connected to the overhead just clipped direct to the outside wall...and just cropped off about 8" from the ground...lol...
 
just make sure they dont do what these numptys did at a place i looked at a while back.....left an unused cable connected to the overhead just clipped direct to the outside wall...and just cropped off about 8" from the ground...lol...


Who would complain about a source of free leccy?? lol!!
 

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