Pulling the main fuse - safely discussion in 'electricians' talk' started by sparkybird, sep 4, 2010 page 2 of 3 < prev 1 2 3 next > btw mr silly, i'd be interested to learn with napit training course teaches you to safely pull the main fuse sparkybird, sep 7, 2010 #31. Pulling main fuse house. Hi just wondering if you can become qualified to pulling a main fuse so to isolate a distribution board, i know its supposed to be done by the suppliers, is there anyway around this? thanks in advance.
pulling main fuse house
Removing the service fuse is most definately not a job for a diy'er, and it isn't really a job that should be done by an electrician either the only option that removes the chance of you killing yourself and/or doing some serious damage to property that doesn't belong to you is to call your dno and ask them to fit an isolator between your meter and your consumer unit - it probably won't cost. Legal warning: it is an offence to interfere with house service fuses, as they are property of the electricity board, and generally have anti-tamper seals on them. do not open your house service fuse.. I work for a dno and to my knowledge the only thing connecting a certain person to the seal is the crimping tool they use. i think where the problems arise is where the main fuse gets stuck ( had 1 today) and mr sparky tries to pull it out , struggles then uses pair of big grips to try and yank it out which then damages the plastic cut out and leaves a live fuse showing..
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