Earth and neutral bridged in the prepaid meter which is usually in close proximity to the DB. Whole of East London. We have an ideal situation.
Peace out ... Derek.
Earth and neutral bridged in the prepaid meter which is usually in close proximity to the DB. Whole of East London. We have an ideal situation.
Peace out ... Derek.
" Only some of the suburbs, especially the older one's, where the service cables are overhead, no earth is supplied. Only 2 wires. Live and neutral.
My house, for instance, is in one of these older areas but being a newish house compared to the rest, has an underground service cable where a seperate earth is supplied.
My test video will be uploaded this coming weekend.
Peace out ... Derek"
I need to read all the posts
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Even where a seperate earth is supplied, it is still bridged with the neutral in the prepaid meter. Mine included.
Supply Authority will NOT install the prepaid meter if that special copper link that is supplied with the meter bases is not in place between the earth and neutral on the meter base.
Peace out ... Derek.
You will notice that even although there is an incoming earth, if you look closely you will see a bare copper bridge between the earth and neutral.
That's how it's done here.
Last edited by Derlyn; 21-Oct-20 at 09:07 AM.
Your loop impedance test results must be low?
I have been thinking ... this might not be a bad idea considering the rate at which earth wires are being removed from the overhead lines around here ... creating a huge problem with loop impedance tests.
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Ian, my brother. Anything above 0,5 Ohms and we know there's something not right. I mean we only checking the earth loop impedance up to the meter.
Fortunately we have a good relationship with the guys at Revenue in the Municipality.
Take a photo of the sealed meter, make a call and request permission to break seals and pull the meter in order to carry out inspection on base.
Inspection done, one call and a technician from Revenue is there within the hour to re seal.
My brother, that is one department that's on the ball here in our valley.
Peace out .. Derek.
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