How to properly remove the electricity meter

In this article, we will tell you about how to remove the electricity meter from the wall or din rail in the dashboard. The fact is that the landlord is fully responsible for the operability, integrity, availability of seals on metering devices installed in his apartment or entryway. When dismantling the meter, by itself, the seals break down, so you need to know who should deal with the removal and how it should go. Otherwise, you may have problems with the energy supply company, which often ends with a written fine. So, in order, we consider the steps of dismantling the electricity meter in a private house or apartment.

Content:

Organizational activities
Technical Activities

Organizational activities

The basis for the removal of an electricity meter can be:

breakdown, failure;
end of life;
replacement of the electric meter with a class of increased accuracy (from 2.5 to 2.0 or 1.0);
end of the calibration interval;
violation of the seal;
damage to the device;
prescription of a power supply or grid company;
user desire.

The owner of the house or apartment who wants to remove the electricity meter for inspection, repair or replacement must write a written statement in person at the department of the supplying company or send it by registered mail to her address, with confirmation of receipt. The statement must indicate the need for dismantling the metering device, inspection of the status and switching circuit. You should also record the readings before taking the meter for the final calculation of the readings. A sample statement is provided in the photo below:

The statement should also indicate:

Surname Name Patronymic of the applicant, with whom he was concluded electricity supply contract.
The number of the contract or personal account opened with the supplying company in the name of the applicant.
Exact address and contact numbers.

The removal of the electric meter takes place with the drawing up of an act on the results of the inspection by a representative of the network or supplying organization, and after that the calculation is already carried out.

The unauthorized dismantling of the old meter is an unauthorized interference with the operation of the meter. A damaged seal entails a change in calculation, from the date of intervention to the day it is removed. The calculation for unaccounted for energy occurs on the basis of the total power of all available devices at the consumer, based on the calculation of their round-the-clock operation for the period specified in the inspection report, until the time of elimination. Therefore, if you want to remove the electric meter from the wall with your own hands, think about the consequences and it is better to call a specialized company or a representative of the energy supply organization for this, who will fix everything before removal.

Technical Activities

After you have documentary permission to dismantle the meter, and organizational measures have been taken, you can proceed to remove the appliance yourself.

The first step is to take care of a portable lighting device. As a rule, counters are installed in poorly lit places, vestibules, panel rooms and so on. You yourself need to de-energize the electric meter yourself by turning off the input machines or the circuit breaker. It is strictly forbidden to carry out dismantling under voltage!

After a power outage using an indicator screwdriver or phase indicator, make sure that there is no voltage at the input of the meter. After that, disconnect the wires from the clamps, remembering the order of their connection. Do not forget to mark the wires visually (with a marker, cambric or electrical tape) in the case when the input cable has wires of the same color. Dismantling the electric meter with din reiki (bar in the shield) is not complicated. You just need to pull the ear down (shown in the photo below) and pull the case forward.

So that you understand, four wires are suitable for a single-phase apartment meter:

Where:

1, phase input from the access panel;
2, phase output to circuit breakers or plugs;
3, zero entrance from the access panel;
4, zero output to circuit breakers or plugs.

That's the whole manual for dismantling the electric meter with your own hands. As you can see, the process of removing the meter in a private house and apartment is quite simple. The main thing is to do everything legally so as not to have problems with energy sales in the future. By the way, for removing a meter, private electricians charge at least 300, which you can save by doing everything yourself.

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