for examining a meter?

reason being I've been in this property for three years now and was on
prepayment for a while but decided to go DD and have a normal meter put in.
Anyway this meter that was installed was not new nor was it serviced meter
otherwise the numbers would have been set to zero,it had a reading on it at
the time of installation so this tells me it probably came from another
premises?
The problem is every time I go to use an heavy appliance the circuit breaker
trips and has never done this in the three years I've lived here before the
meter got installed.

TIA

"George" wrote in message
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for examining a meter?

reason being I've been in this property for three years now and was on
prepayment for a while but decided to go DD and have a normal meter put
in.
Anyway this meter that was installed was not new nor was it serviced meter
otherwise the numbers would have been set to zero,it had a reading on it
at
the time of installation so this tells me it probably came from another
premises?
The problem is every time I go to use an heavy appliance the circuit
breaker
trips and has never done this in the three years I've lived here before
the
meter got installed.

Question is has the installation made it safer or produced a fault?

Anyway this meter that was installed was not new nor was it serviced meter
otherwise the numbers would have been set to zero,it had a reading on it at
the time of installation so this tells me it probably came from another
premises?

Sounds like a normal meter. The readings are not reset when they're
installed elsewhere, they simply keep a record of what the reading was.

Your tripping problem sounds incidental to me, but you could always ask
them to do a check for safety (they'll have shift electricians
available).

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:48:30 -0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

Anyway this meter that was installed was not new nor was it serviced meter

It would have been tested and certified at some point in its life cycle.

otherwise the numbers would have been set to zero,

No, there would have been at least a few units registered as part of the
certification procedure, so a newly overhauled and certified meter will
never have zero units on it.

it had a reading on it at
the time of installation so this tells me it probably came from another
premises?

Sounds like a normal meter. The readings are not reset when they're
installed elsewhere, they simply keep a record of what the reading was.

Dunno what present thinking is, but meters taken off circuit within 5 years
of certification were deemed suitable for reissue without recertification,
given that the certification period for a quarterly meter is - or was - 20
years.

Your tripping problem sounds incidental to me, but you could always ask
them to do a check for safety (they'll have shift electricians
available).

Bear in mind there will probably be a charge for that.

--
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

Your tripping problem sounds incidental to me, but you could always ask
them to do a check for safety (they'll have shift electricians
available).
Bear in mind there will probably be a charge for that.

Not in the Scottish Power area it isn't - at least not in Scotland !

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:46:54 -0000, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:

Your tripping problem sounds incidental to me, but you could always ask
them to do a check for safety (they'll have shift electricians
available).
Bear in mind there will probably be a charge for that.

Not in the Scottish Power area it isn't - at least not in Scotland !

My meter was "humming" slightly a short time ago and what I had to do
was ask my supplier ...EDF...to get in touch with Scottish Power and
they came out in a few days and replaced the meter. No Problem...No
Charge

Stuart