"Dave Liquorice" writes:

On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:40:20 +0100, Ash Burton wrote:

It's unlikely that the meter was at fault or he would have replaced that
too.

The responsibility of the DNO engineer stops at the MET and outlet of
the main cutout. The meter and tails from cutout are the
responsibilty of the company you happen to be buying your electicity
from.

So DNO engineer can't (shouldn't) fiddle with the meter unless
authrised by the meter owner.

It does sound like main fuse failure due to fatigue.

Was the "duff" fuse tested after removal and found to be open
circuit?

Don't think so. His non-contact tester showed no power output.

It or the clips could just have got tired or corroded.
Changing fuse cleans 'em up.

You'd have thought it'd be difficult to get that effect, but I have a
triple socket whose fuse does that.

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