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    Question Insulation piercing connectors

    What is an " insulation piercing connector " and how does it work ?
    I've recently seen it in an domestic home installation where it kind of taps of the live wire going into the prepaid meter and the other going to the distribution box.
    here is a link of how it looks .... insulation piercing connector

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    Looks like the connector we used for bundle conductors, used them when I contracted to Durban electricity department and installed overhead bundle conductors, many years ago.

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    Also strange that you can save money with it. They say it reduces the pulses per load. Usually its something like 1000 counts / kwh. Maybe it makes the counts more for an kwh.
    ???

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    Quote Originally Posted by kahoel117 View Post
    I've recently seen it in an domestic home installation where it kind of taps of the live wire going into the prepaid meter and the other going to the distribution box.
    Quote Originally Posted by kahoel117 View Post
    Also strange that you can save money with it. They say it reduces the pulses per load. Usually its something like 1000 counts / kwh. Maybe it makes the counts more for an kwh.
    ???
    I'm putting two and two together here and it's sounding like power theft....

    A connection is a connection, the device used to make it won't have any effect on the energy consumption or the metering.

    These types of connectors are notoriously unreliable, I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole for any connection that's more than a couple of Amps. I've never seen them used by the council in my area, only the split bolt line-tap connectors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyD View Post
    I'm putting two and two together here and it's sounding like power theft....

    A connection is a connection, the device used to make it won't have any effect on the energy consumption or the metering.

    These types of connectors are notoriously unreliable, I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole for any connection that's more than a couple of Amps. I've never seen them used by the council in my area, only the split bolt line-tap connectors.
    I agree
    To make a mistake is human, to learn from that mistake is knowledge and knowledge is strength.

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