Urgent: 60 amp main cut out fuse required

[Robert Turnbull]

Anyone in London/Essex with a 60 amp main cut out fuse. Please let me know ASAP.

 

[Robert Turnbull]

That could have been a possibility but you know what they say about assuming things like that, but I found the fault. I think telling a customer the fuse was probably warn call the supplier and going home would look very rouge trader.

Had this been not so close to Christmas it could have been left to try but I know like leaving a job not knowing the outcome. As I would have to return for no cost.

Which in this case I would have had to

 

[richy3333]

That could have been a possibility but you know what they say about assuming things like that, but I found the fault. I think telling a customer the fuse was probably warn call the supplier and going home would look very rouge trader.

Had this been not so close to Christmas it could have been left to try but I know like leaving a job not knowing the outcome. As I would have to return for no cost.

Which in this case I would have had to

Are you really a donut. It has nothing to do with being a rogue trader. There are clearly 2 issues, a fault in the customers property, which you can work on and the main fuse/cut-out blowing that the DNO should attend too.

This thread is blinding!

 

[Robert Turnbull]

The two things were related, I personally wouldn't be happy till I saw the customer up and running.

If I had missed something I would have to return, a 60 mile round trip which would have been Christmas Eve evening or even Christmas Day. For free

 

[Guest55]

i've got to hand it to Mr. Turnbull , he's made a robust and staunch defence of his business practices in the face of alot of flack over the pages of this thread and hats off to him.
its no bloody concern of anyone else as to how he earns a living , if i could earn £100 an hour at xmas or any other time of year i'd take it and anyone who didnt like it can jog the f*** on.
some of the posters on here would be better off time travelling back to 1950's soviet moscow where the state can decide how much we all earn.

edit : i think i've kicked off on the wrong thread - oops
:-D

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i've got to hand it to Mr. Turnbull , he's made a robust and staunch defence of his business practices in the face of alot of flack over the pages of this thread and hats off to him.
its no bloody concern of anyone else as to how he earns a living , if i could earn £100 an hour at xmas or any other time of year i'd take it and anyone who didnt like it can jog the f*** on.
some of the posters on here would be better off time travelling back to 1950's soviet moscow where the state can decide how much we all earn.

get a grip of yoursen Biff and wake up!!
what the hell do you think we`v got now eh?.....more covert n stealthy in practice...but its the end result that counts.....
lol...lol....

 

[Plonker 3]

I have no concern how people earn there money along as they are not trying to ripoff me or anyone else I know.

But he came on here asking about doing something illegal, the problem could have been solved alot quicker though as I have pointed out previously.

 

[Guest55]

Yep , wrong thread , should have been the "call-out" debate.
meh , i stand by my comments lol.

if a mod could oblige and move my post #94 when convienient.

 

[Robert Turnbull]

Thanks biff55

I wasn't asking for anything illegal or how to do anything illegal. Possession of a 60a fuse isn't yet illegal.

I in my wisdom though someone on here
May be in possession of one locally.

And as for ripping people off. I went to a customer who knew exactly what they were been charged. That amount was between them and the people they called.

Everyone has a opinion about what I could have done.

I did what was needed.

Customer sorted

Minimum fuss (apart from you lot lol)

Anyway can we close this thread

I came on here as I find it a very useful forum, having downloaded the app it is easy to access.

I hope I've not rubbed anyone up the wrong way.

I know you don't approve of third party organisations, I was just trying to give you some information from someone who knows how they operate. I must have done 3 jobs for them this year, and maybe 15-20 over the last 3 years.



Hope you all had a good Christmas and a happy new year.

 

[Knobhead]

I have no concern how people earn there money along as they are not trying to ripoff me or anyone else I know.

But he came on here asking about doing something illegal, the problem could have been solved alot quicker though as I have pointed out previously.

I'm sorry DillB, anyone being ripped of just isn't on in my book.

 

[richy3333]

The two things were related, I personally wouldn't be happy till I saw the customer up and running.

If I had missed something I would have to return, a 60 mile round trip which would have been Christmas Eve evening or even Christmas Day. For free

OK it's the season of goodwill etc, so I'll restrain from calling you anything more than a donut. Messin' with the DNO fuse is not for you to do.

60 mile round trip - boo,hoo; get a grip, I do 200 mile round trips in my area every week. And it still ain't any excuse for you touching the DNO fuse.
Yes the two things might be related, but you have stepped over the mark in touching the main fuse, but I guess you just can't see that, having read the previous pages.

 

[electric will]

I really can't be believe this thread is still going, how ridiculous!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

OK it's the season of goodwill etc, so I'll restrain from calling you anything more than a donut. Messin' with the DNO fuse is not for you to do.

60 mile round trip - boo,hoo; get a grip, I do 200 mile round trips in my area every week. And it still ain't any excuse for you touching the DNO fuse.
Yes the two things might be related, but you have stepped over the mark in touching the main fuse, but I guess you just can't see that, having read the previous pages.

and this is the point i was gettin at......you leave yourself open to any kinds of accusations when you interfear with DNO aperatus
and suppliers metering.....
i mean, why would you do that eh?....

 

[Robert Turnbull]

OK it's the season of goodwill etc, so I'll restrain from calling you anything more than a donut. Messin' with the DNO fuse is not for you to do.

60 mile round trip - boo,hoo; get a grip, I do 200 mile round trips in my area every week. And it still ain't any excuse for you touching the DNO fuse.
Yes the two things might be related, but you have stepped over the mark in touching the main fuse, but I guess you just can't see that, having read the previous pages.

and this is the point i was gettin at......you leave yourself open to any kinds of accusations when you interfear with DNO aperatus
and suppliers metering.....
i mean, why would you do that eh?....

I must have said about 20 times why I have done what I did. I wasn't asking for your approval.

You make it sound so scary. It's a fuse in a carrier.

Please close this thread

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I must have said about 20 times why I have done what I did. I wasn't asking for your approval.

You make it sound so scary. It's a fuse in a carrier.

Please close this thread

i wasn`t givin it...lol...

 

[Geordie Spark]

I really can't be believe this thread is still going, how ridiculous!

Some folks will do anything to get into the 3,000+ Club !! :devilish:

(and that's another post nearer for me. :wink_smile: )

 

[Robert Turnbull]

Dam you realised lol

 

[onions1066]

Is this really still going on! Customer has power you have your money everyone's a winner. Just 2 pieces of advice
1-don't pull the bomb again
2- if you do don't tell anyone,

but I'm sure everyone on here can keep,a secret not like you've broadcasted it on the Internet

 

[HandySparks]

Is this really still going on! Customer has power you have your money everyone's a winner. Just 2 pieces of advice
1-don't pull the bomb again
2- if you do don't tell anyone,

Unless you're in a SSE area and you have their temporary seals. In which case, you can pull the fuse with impunity.
It's a good system; all the DNOs should do it. Then we wouldn't have all this fuss.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Unless you're in a SSE area and you have their temporary seals. In which case, you can pull the fuse with impunity.
It's a good system; all the DNOs should do it. Then we wouldn't have all this fuss.

Yes, but then we wouldn't have these epic threads to help pass the time during these long, dark winter's nights.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Is this really still going on! Customer has power you have your money everyone's a winner. Just 2 pieces of advice
1-don't pull the bomb again
2- if you do don't tell anyone,

but I'm sure everyone on here can keep,a secret not like you've broadcasted it on the Internet

except he has...lol....
never mind rob eh...:wink_smile:

 

[PEG]

Anyone else think this is turning into the scene in "Goodfellas" with Joe Pesci and "Spider" the waiter? :wink_smile:

 

[Knobhead]

You make it sound so scary. It's a fuse in a carrier.

The only sensible thing you’ve said so far.

 

[mechelec]

If you read it I think you'll see the fuse was blown when I arrived and it was because there was a extension lead outside full off water!!!!!

There only 2 reasons for pulling that fuse. 1 for isolation 2 because the customer has no power and the rest of the road has so I think it should be removed to check.

Or should I just walk away and tell them to call the dno.

I can't believe some of the crap you guys post.

I turned to you lot to ask for some help at 11 o'clock on a Sunday night realised they'd blown the main fuse. I didn't have a 60a, only a 100a.

Something that could have been sorted fairly swiftly.

I though u lot might be the type to help a fellow spark.

Maybe not

Anyway happy customer (with my service) lesson learned by them.

All back and running by 8:30am

So it took you from 2300 to 0830 the following morning to source and replace the cutout fuse ?????

the DNO has a max response time of 4 hours to replace the fuse and it would have cost the customer nothing.

You should not have messed with DNO equipment. All you needed to do was a quick insulation test on the customers side to make sure their was no fault that had blown the fuse at most and walked away (after calling DNO) anything more was a complete rip off.
what was the final bill for your excessive time spent messing about trying to find a fuse that you had no place changing. Not to mention the extra time the customer was off supply.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

So it took you from 2300 to 0830 the following morning to source and replace the cutout fuse ?????

the DNO has a max response time of 4 hours to replace the fuse and it would have cost the customer nothing.

You should not have messed with DNO equipment. All you needed to do was a quick insulation test on the customers side to make sure their was no fault that had blown the fuse at most and walked away (after calling DNO) anything more was a complete rip off.
what was the final bill for your excessive time spent messing about trying to find a fuse that you had no place changing. Not to mention the extra time the customer was off supply.

yeah......its just totally stupid....
too much of it comin in here now....

 

[Robert Turnbull]

£189 including vat which the customer paid to the third party for my attendance.

I stopped looking for the fault finding due to the rates they were paying, and the fact with no fuse immediately available I could not walk away knowing everything was sorted.
Waiting for the dno Knowing the fault still existed, I returned in the morning with a fuse £4. Continued the fault finding. Found fault.

Customer could have sat up all night waiting for dno, and saved £4 but still wouldn't have known why it went.

I charged £40 for my time in the morning.

Granted I could have found this fault in the evening but that extra time prob would have risen their bill with the third party.

As you can never be sure just how long a fault will take to find I wasn't happy to do this.

I also wanted to see the installation live as part of my agreement with the third party is to return at no cost if the fault is not fixed.

So if I had found the fault I couldn't be 100% sure.

 

[Engineer54]

the DNO has a max response time of 4 hours to replace the fuse and it would have cost the customer nothing.




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It's an hour in Cyprus!! lol!!

Iv'e had reason, to call them out on more than one occasion over there, (not for my own properties BTW) and never had to wait more than 30 minutes!!

 

[Robert Turnbull]

So it took you from 2300 to 0830 the following morning to source and replace the cutout fuse ?????

the DNO has a max response time of 4 hours to replace the fuse and it would have cost the customer nothing.

You should not have messed with DNO equipment. All you needed to do was a quick insulation test on the customers side to make sure their was no fault that had blown the fuse at most and walked away (after calling DNO) anything more was a complete rip off.
what was the final bill for your excessive time spent messing about trying to find a fuse that you had no place changing. Not to mention the extra time the customer was off supply.

yeah......its just totally stupid....
too much of it comin in here now....

And the point been their was a fault and finding it at the rates been charged could have resulted in a higher bill.

Walking away after billing for
My time saying call the dno would have resulted in me coming back anyway when the fault re-occurred.

 

[Knobhead]

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[Robert Turnbull]

If you read you will find all the answers

 

[Plonker 3]

£189 including vat which the customer paid to the third party for my attendance.

I stopped looking for the fault finding due to the rates they were paying, and the fact with no fuse immediately available I could not walk away knowing everything was sorted.
Waiting for the dno Knowing the fault still existed, I returned in the morning with a fuse £4. Continued the fault finding. Found fault.

Customer could have sat up all night waiting for dno, and saved £4 but still wouldn't have known why it went.

I charged £40 for my time in the morning.

Granted I could have found this fault in the evening but that extra time prob would have risen their bill with the third party.

As you can never be sure just how long a fault will take to find I wasn't happy to do this.

I also wanted to see the installation live as part of my agreement with the third party is to return at no cost if the fault is not fixed.

So if I had found the fault I couldn't be 100% sure.

At least keep you story straight. Earlier you said it was a extension lead full of water. So did you find the fault or not?

Still at least you managed to get a good christmas drink out of the customer needlessly.