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I thought you said you were disconnecting the supply from one meter and swapping it to another.

So basically the meter has 2 live outs. One which is permanent and goes to the house board. The second live out is timed and goes to the storage heater board (only comes on eco7 times)

The eco live tail is taken out of the meter and put into the permanent live tail by use of a Henley block
 
So basically the meter has 2 live outs. One which is permanent and goes to the house board. The second live out is timed and goes to the storage heater board (only comes on eco7 times)

The eco live tail is taken out of the meter and put into the permanent live tail by use of a Henley block
Yes two customer connection points = two installations.
 
Well for me it’s like this. We are powering this board into the live tail via a Henley block.
The board is old with no rcd protection.
We are removing old heaters and installing new ones.
I just wanted to know the opinions on this.
 
What is the current rating of the new heaters compared to the old I assume that the fuses are all 16A and you are changing D.P switch to switched fused spur with 13A? therefore the load for that consumer unit is about the same but remember that you are installing additional load during the daytime now.
As a minimum are you doing an Earth Loop Impedance test at each point?
 
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So basically the meter has 2 live outs. One which is permanent and goes to the house board. The second live out is timed and goes to the storage heater board (only comes on eco7 times)

The eco live tail is taken out of the meter and put into the permanent live tail by use of a Henley block
So, even more basically, you're bypassing the E7 unit, that having no output cable. As said previously, you're re feeding a CU.
Is a bit of swerving the regs going on, is your question, then.
 
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As you are changing the supply over to a permanent feed from the meter how are you isolating the supply to do this safely? Are you pulling the main DNO fuse?
 
So, even more basically, you're bypassing the E7 unit, that having no output cable. As said previously, you're re feeding a CU.
Is a bit of swerving the regs going on, is your queston, then.
Yes, the live into the
So, even more basically, you're bypassing the E7 unit, that having no output cable. As said previously, you're re feeding a CU.
Is a bit of swerving the regs going on, is your queston, then.
So, even more basically, you're bypassing the E7 unit, that having no output cable. As said previously, you're re feeding a CU.
Is a bit of swerving the regs going on, is your queston, then.

yes as the live stays in the radioteleswi
What certification is being issued?

None as far as I’m aware.
 
As you are changing the supply over to a permanent feed from the meter how are you isolating the supply to do this safely? Are you pulling the main DNO fuse?

Yes sometimes pulling the main fuse.
During the day the eco7 tail is dead due to being out of hours.
But yes...to hack into the permanent live tail the fuse would have to be pulled.
 
Yes sometimes pulling the main fuse.
During the day the eco7 tail is dead due to being out of hours.
But yes...to hack into the permanent live tail the fuse would have to be pulled.
So are you trained and accredited to do this?
 
What is the main reason for the post as it seems that there is no design and you have concerns that what you are being briefly told to do your not happy with the method?
Are you doing these on an estate where the houses are mostly the same?
 
What is the main reason for the post as it seems that there is no design and you have concerns that what you are being briefly told to do your not happy with the method?
Are you doing these on an estate where the houses are mostly the same?

Just curious on opinions
 

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