Rules for sealing electric meters
Sealing cost
Sealing the electricity meter can be both free and paid by the tenant. Not always the cost of installing a seal is paid by the consumer. It is important to understand what was the reason for the work. If the device is sealed at the request of the service provider, as is the case with initial installation of a neweither replacement of an obsolete electricity meter on the initiative of Energosbyt, then no service fee will be charged. When re-sealing, for reasons beyond the control of the consumer - for example, failure of the meter or protection devices - you will have to pay for the services. You can find out the actual prices for re-sealing the electricity meter from your electricity supply service provider.
Procedure
To reseal the electricity meter again, if the owner himself wishes to replace the metering device with a new, modern electric meter, follow the following procedure:
- Contact your local electricity provider.
- Submit a written application (you can find out what documents are needed from the supplier).
- Coordinate the time and date of work. By the way, the deadlines for sealing an electric meter are not regulated, but they should not exceed one month. This time is reported from the date of installation of the meter and your application for sealing the electric meter (paragraph 81 of the "Rules for the provision of public utilities").
- Pay the received check with the bank details at the branch where they accept payments.
Upon completion, an employee of the organization will draw up an act on the work performed, which will indicate the current readings of the old and new meter, installation location, date, name of the organization that carried out the work.
We also recommend that you read the instructions on how to how to seal the opening machine in the shield!
Who can seal the electric meter
Only employees belonging to the electricity service provider are entitled to seal the electricity meters. No electricians “by announcement” have such authority. Be aware that in the event of unlawful sealing and sealing you will have to pay a fine. Please contact Energosbyt on this issue.
Residents of apartment buildings need to contact directly the power grid or the organization serving the house. To seal the electricity meter during the transfer to the cottage or in a private house, the owners will need to contact the electricity network directly.
Problems that may arise
For consumers living in a private house, power engineers require that an electricity meter be installed only on the street in the shield. They can be denied this based on the requirements of paragraph 1.5.27 of the PUE (Chapter 1.5) It establishes that the consumer is responsible for maintaining the meter. Therefore, the tenant is only required to place it in an accessible place and in compliance with installation standards, one of which is installation of an electricity meter at a height of 0.8-1.7 m from the floor.
Types and methods of installing seals
Seals for electricity meters are of two types:
- Seals installed by the meter manufacturer. Its presence means that it is not mechanically damaged, operational, has passed the tests, and also meets the passport accuracy of accounting and characteristics. If there is no passport, then theoretically Energosbyt may refuse to install and register a new meter, since there will be no information on verification and production date. The seal of the plant can fasten the bolts of the instrument housing. With the help of a wire threaded into special holes in the inspection cover, penetration of the energy meter into the mechanism is excluded.
- Seal installed by the electricity supplier. It is mounted on the protective cover of the terminals for connecting the phase and neutral wires. If a current transformer is installed, its terminals must be sealed. To do this, you can use a wire with a compressible lead seal or a plastic seal. It will also be convenient to use stickers for sealing, as in the photo below.
In conclusion, I want to note that you need to correctly determine for what purpose and on whose initiative you have to seal the electricity meter - the amount of money spent, as well as precious time, depends on this. Knowledge of laws and legal regulations will help to avoid fines and disconnection from the network.
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Hello!
Please tell me who can seal the counter in the garage?
The garage chairman and the power engineer cannot be found during the day with fire. Who, besides them, can perform a seal with a mark in the meter’s passport, draw up an act of commissioning and register the electronic meter.
Hello. Tell me, what are the best electricity meters for apartments?
I have a replacement counter, HOA refuses to fill out due to personal hostility, who else can?
Hello, please tell me how to be in such a situation, a woman lives in an apartment, electricity workers came to check the meter, found a left socket, because an old woman didn’t even know that there was such a socket, the owner of this house died 25 years ago, these inspectors broke the seal, said they needed to re-seal it for 1,700 rubles, and they also wrote out a fine of 20 thousand, are they doing the right thing?
Love, hello, electric networks do not go to apartments if there is a common house electricity meter. Since you claim that the owner has died, they have no one to write a fine for, the power supply company will not accept such an act. If you nevertheless accept in court, you can easily prove the death of the owner. They have no right to re-seal for 1700 since this extortion from 2016 according to the law sealing is free. If a power outlet is detected in this situation, the power supply can only eliminate the power outlet.
Hello! who can / should seal the machine to the counter? contacted Mosenergosbyt in order to write an application for the replacement of a broken machine and subsequent sealing.They said that we can change ourselves, and then in fact we will write a statement. They changed it, came to write, now they say that they are not sealing the private sector, that they have banned the power grid and we need to contact this power grid. Is this rightful? and is it possible to demand from Mosenergosbyt to write a refusal and the reason for the refusal?
Love, hello, the actions of Mosenergosbyt are legitimate, because energy sales deals only with apartment buildings; they are not entitled to blast metering devices and circuit breakers in the private sector. Handle the application on the power grid
whether the individual electric meter in the apartment is sealed if there is a common house electric meter ... thanks.
Hello, hello, yes, it is sealed by power supply and accepted as a settlement, otherwise, payment for electricity will be charged according to the standard, depending on the number of rooms registered and the number of rooms.
The energy supplying organization Saratovenergo wrote on the electricity bill that it was necessary under the law to change the electricity meter. We changed it, went to apply for sealing, we were told that it was a long turn and they would put a seal only in February 2019, and we submitted the application on December 2. Appeal to the energy supply organization with this problem did not work, they wrote that they would calculate according to the norm for all 3 months. We have 6 people registered, my husband and I are simply in shock. What can be done?
Hello. The fact is that our electricity meter has burned out. On April 6, 2018, through the store, we finally managed to replace it with a new one under warranty. On the same day, we put the meter in the apartment and arrived at the housing department, wrote a statement, so that we would be sealed with an electricity meter, indicating our phone number. We were told that they would call us within two weeks, or within 20 days, I don’t remember exactly. After a week and a half, they called us about the sealing of the water meter, we say that in the statement we indicated that we needed electricity. The woman told us, having first apologized that she would pass this information on and would contact us shortly. As a result, no one came and called us. In the month of June, I went there again, wanted to write a statement again, but they didn’t let me do it, saying that there is an application, you can call to remind yourself. No sense. In the month of July, a man came to us writing off testimonies. We explained the whole situation to him, he in the documents with which he came, prescribed a new counter and wrote what needs to be sealed. Said, just in case, call them again. As a result, the situation does not change again. In the month of December, they came to us again to testify. Prior to this, we paid all the payments that came to us, but we did not send evidence, since there was a replacement for a new one, the man wrote, we also told him the situation. In January, we received an invoice in the amount of 7843.32 rubles. And at the same time, the receipt still indicates the old counter number. Now for us this is too much. We could draw it up as it should from the beginning. What do we do now
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The old house, the counter is in the apartment in the hallway. We make major repairs. We replaced all the wiring and put in a new meter. The old one was not removed, but the craftsmen tore off the lower seal. Now you need to apply to Mosenergo to connect and seal the new meter. How to do it better? Do not write us a fine? Do you need to submit an application for sealing or installation? The new meter was moved to an adjacent wall, nothing was agreed in advance.
3 years repairing an old house, after the death of parents. Someone does not live there ... ... The pensioner himself, I work, you live from paycheck to paycheck. That year 2018.In the spring I met the controller, after that fall. He checked the counter, took a picture. Everything is okay . He asked to change the meter with the removal of the fence. While it was cold I didn’t go there, no one lives. in April. Contact Novorossiysk. FOR PRESCRIPTION. I went through an electric checker. I began to watch the counter, fillings. He was not controlled, his words: Your seal is broken. !!!. The seal is in place, one wire is broken off, one of the three seals is damaged. Their 2 pieces seal the dial, one is damaged. The result is you are a thief. for everything ... .. a fine of almost 10,000 thousand. This, moreover, is a provision (law) in such cases.