Unbelievable con.....

[kingeri]

Went to my grandma's neighbours house to do a bit of plastering yesterday and happened to check over her CU (can't help myself). Noticed a large customisable box between the meter and the CU. Label on box said 'Glover anti-arc device'. I thought to myself '?????'. So I opened it up and had a look inside. Turns out there is just a Henley block inside joining the tails. I asked the lady if she knows anything about it and she said after they had a near-miss electrical fire an 'electrician' advised her to have this 'state-of-the-art' device fitted at a cost of £500. He told her they are big in America but aren't widely used over here yet, but they can detect arcing and will cut off the supply and NOTIFY THE ELECTRICITY COMPANY by satellite. I was gobsmacked. Henley blocks have come a long way lately!

 

[kingeri]

Anybody else seen anything remotely like this??

 

[keniff]

Did u take a pic?

 

[kingeri]

No but I'm going back either today or tomorrow so I'll take my camera.

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Get the company name, I think I want them to fit me one!!

 

[sedgy34]

I want one of them thingys too sounds like a really good device

 

[Fin170]

Customer A kicks up a storm because you fitted 2 RCDs
Customer B has £500 worth of Henley blocks

Where is Dom Littlewood and his off-screen cricket bat?

 

[Guitarist]

I would like you to take a picture and send it to trading standards. This is tantamount to theft!

 

[vernam616]

Count me in too, its shocking to think how many people may have these installed in their houses, 90% will be elderly people

 

[mogga]

phone call to DOM or that twerp we all pay for on watchdog

 

[kingeri]

I would like you to take a picture and send it to trading standards. This is tantamount to theft!

I will do. I just rang them. They told me not to post on any forums or anything about it. Ooops.

 

[Plonker 3]

Maybe you should ask him to come round yours as you have a similar problem, then see what he says when you tell him he is taking you for a *****

 

[Strima]

Company name, spread the word. Cowboys like this should be shot in the knees, repeatedly.

 

[sedgy34]

He must have been a electrical trainee

 

[gutterball]

at £500 a time i think i will start fitting them :cowboy:

 

[sedgy34]

It just shows you only get on by ripping people off leaving a bad name for others, this lone ranger needs to be caught

 

[Des 56]

UNG’s comment.


If you installed an empty box it would be interesting to see what savings where claimed as there is obviously some placebo effect with these units​

The above was posted by ung in the voltage optimiser thread
He couldn't have made a better comment if he had use of a crystal ball
I joked that the technology had been sussed out

Reading this thread and the comment he made,it would be inconcievable that something much the same was actually being done in the real world to vulnerable people
There are some very sad people in our country to do this sort of thing

 

[kingeri]

I've asked for any details she has about the installer....she actually has an EIC. Company name given actually matches an existing company elsewhere in the country (I searched Company House website) but I don't want to announce it yet....it might not actually have been them. After all, who would do work like this and put their true details to it. Work was done in Oct 2009......no Building Control cert. Lady is understandably upset, I felt a bit like I was grilling her, but at the end of the day this clown needs stopping.

 

[sedgy34]

You might as well post info others on here may have come across them in Yorkshire off course

 

[HandySparks]

He must have been a electrical trainee

I doubt it. Someone like that won't have paid out money for any sort of course.