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Default Pulling a main fuse safely

On 11/05/2021 17:28, Tim+ wrote:
This is possibly gonna sound a bit wimpish but Ive never pulled a 100 amp
main fuse before but Im beginning to think that it might be worth a shot
to try and €ś reboot€ť my smart meter which has lost its ability to
communicate with my power company.

Literally been waiting months for an engineers visit and thinking that a
power cycle *might* sort it.

Obviously theres a fair chance that it might not but if I can do it easily
and safely it seems worth a shot.

Tim

Switch everything off beforehand and prepare yourself for the carrier
disintegrating as you pull it (it almost certainly won't do that but you
wouldn't want to find yourself hanging-on to a live bit if it did) with
rubber gloves and isolation. As others have said, there's some doubt
about whether pulling the fuse will have the desired effect.