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Here’s what SMS (installer) sent to me. It will be the 2nd time they have visited, as previously they couldn’t proceed as meter board needed replacing…Hi
Octopus have said they can book me in for a meter installation.
However I have builders at home and wanted to know hoe long I will be without electricity while they replace the meter.
My meter in under the stairs?
Any ideas?
I did not know that! Everyday is a school day.Gas meters are battery powered, they don't need the power off to replace.
They only need the power off to swap the electric meter.
Usually it's a very simple job. Obviously they wouldn't tell you that.
Mainly, the ability to work on the consumer unit (replace it, or add an extra one, if full, for instance) without having to call the electricity supplier to disconnect the power before the electrician can do their work.I could never quite get the point of the isolation switch.
Does it not just simply do what the master breaker does in your consumer board?
What actually do you gain by having one fitted?
So a pretty niche gain, then.Mainly, the ability to work on the consumer unit (replace it, or add an extra one, if full, for instance) without having to call the electricity supplier to disconnect the power before the electrician can do their work.
The cut out (main fuse) is indeed owned by the distribution network operator (DNO), but the electricity supplier and meter operator are also permitted to access it, at least under certain circumstances. The problem is that an ordinary electrician isn't allowed to.I think the problem is that technically, the master fuse, is owned by London Power Network or whoever covers that area. Technically speaking, an engineer from Octopus (or anyone else for that matter) is not allowed to break the seal and remove that fuse.
The cut out (main fuse) is indeed owned by the distribution network operator (DNO), but the electricity supplier and meter operator are also permitted to access it, at least under certain circumstances. The problem is that an ordinary electrician isn't allowed to.
So a pretty niche gain, then.
Thank you, was wondering if I’d missed something
Ah, good point.It's not that niche, since one of the prime examples of needing to isolate is when fitting an EV chargepoint (in the fairly common case where it isn't practical to do that as a circuit within the existing consumer unit).
Without an isolator switch, you either break the law or suffer significant cost and inconvenience getting the fuse pulled officially.
It's all a bit complicated, and I don't know the rules exactly (and policies vary by region) - and I did qualify it as "at least under certain circumstances". I'm pretty sure, for example, that pulling the cut-out for the purposes of installing an isolator can be done by the DNO, the electricity supplier or any meter operator (not just the one responsible for your meter). That doesn't mean that any particular DNO, electricity supplier or meter operator is actually willing to fit an isolator - just that they are legally allowed to pull the cut-out for the purposes of doing so.Didn't know that....interesting. I was told by Octopus that I had to get my DNO in to remove the fuse before their engineer could touch it. Guess its that same old story on who you actually speak to.