Muhendis Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Looking for opinions and or experience. There is a wire seal on the access cover of my conventional bidirectional PEA electricity meter. I want to disconnect the meter to do some work on the live side of my main isolator. What would be the consequences of me removing the seal to do the disconnect myself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) Get Somchai to do the dangerous job. Edited October 20, 2022 by Orinoco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Orinoco said: Get Somchai to do the dangerous bit. Obviously. but what will be the consequences when PEA see their seal broken? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 No idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I doubt there will actually be any issue, many meters are unsealed (ours is one) and many don't even have the covers fitted. If your local man removes the seal then you can blame him Even in the UK they simply re-seal the meter (IIRC they use a different colour seal) and note on the account. Remove the seal again and you're possibly for the high jump. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post carlyai Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 Hi, I think you mean the access cover where the cables come and go from the meter at the bottom? I traced a fault back to our meter, I thought, but PEA said 'problem would not be our meter' so I got a couple of local farmers with PHD's in Electrical Engineering to investigate. They just took the cover off no worries and found all the screws loose. No PEA complaints, but, we are way out in the sticks and the meter is a million years old. I think you need a torque wrench (well a pair of farmer's pliers will do) to retighten the screws, but not sure. Best practice around here when you remove the incoming cables is to leave them floating up in the air. ???? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiDIY Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 when meter has seal maybe best find pea worker to help with this most time there can be no problem cutting seal but sometime meter has seal for reason meter reader has flag on his reading computer for suspect meter and often take photo update big change in use can sometime start suspect meter flag in pea computer if you sure seal fitted when meter first time installed possible no problem cutting the seal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 16 minutes ago, SomchaiDIY said: when meter has seal maybe best find pea worker to help with this most time there can be no problem cutting seal but sometime meter has seal for reason meter reader has flag on his reading computer for suspect meter and often take photo update big change in use can sometime start suspect meter flag in pea computer if you sure seal fitted when meter first time installed possible no problem cutting the seal Fine. But what can they do to you for such atrocious lack of respect for their property? Is there a fixed penalty fine or do you simply give a discrete contribution to whatever charitable fund they can think of? 3 hours ago, Muhendis said: Get Somchai to do the dangerous bit Would this be you for hire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 50 minutes ago, Muhendis said: But what can they do to you for such atrocious lack of respect for their property? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiDIY Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Muhendis said: But what can they do to you for such atrocious lack of respect for their property? Is there a fixed penalty fine or do you simply give a discrete contribution to whatever charitable fund they can think of? possible there is no fine if cannot prove any cheating but biggest problem is to find electricity meter missing with no warning made after this the bigger problem is time to have meter and power back in home nice to make some jokes about this but pea can make the life hard work guess is up to you good luck with choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiDIY Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Muhendis said: Would this be you for hire? sorry not me for hire but can find some free info at my youtube channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, SomchaiDIY said: possible there is no fine if cannot prove any cheating but biggest problem is to find electricity meter missing with no warning made after this the bigger problem is time to have meter and power back in home nice to make some jokes about this but pea can make the life hard work guess is up to you good luck with choice Has this meter removal ever happened to you or to anyone you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, SomchaiDIY said: sorry not me for hire but can find some free info at my youtube channel That was meant as a joke since getting a local Somechai to do the work was mentioned earlier. ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiDIY Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Muhendis said: Has this meter removal ever happened to you or to anyone you know? from other people yes for bill no payment yes for cheating meter connection found with photo from meter read worker yes for modify of feed to many house yes for argument with pea engineer meter removed for days making big problem for customer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 had a guy come to do some welding for me, his welding machine was burning out the sockets in the house, he just took the cover off the meter and hard wired into it. obviously he had to cut the seal, nothing was said, then about 6 month later a new seal mysteriously appeared 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Watched this Utube vid. where the guy took an electronic power meter to pieces (in the UK), seems they have pressure switches on the removable covers that can trigger a signal to the power company if they are removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 18 hours ago, SomchaiDIY said: from other people yes for bill no payment yes for cheating meter connection found with photo from meter read worker yes for modify of feed to many house yes for argument with pea engineer meter removed for days making big problem for customer Aha! But not for wire seal removal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejets Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Many countries use a primary fuse and/or disconnect link for such purposes but rarely ever seen one in Thailand. Same as for a cover or a seal to begin with as Crossy says. Why don't you simply go and ask them or are you Thai..?? Reason being in my experience Thai seldom ever want to ask, be it directions or whatever, no idea why. As for cutting the seal, do it down under and you are dead meat so-to-speak.......possibly if you are a Thai local you might get away with it, but if farang, then the two rule system most likely applies..???? Edited October 21, 2022 by bluejets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted October 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2022 In deepest Laos, the light-controlled LED streetlight outside my house caused a buzzing interference on my amateur radio rig. So in the middle of the night, I put up a ladder and cut the 220 volt wires to the lamp..... problem solved! But 6 months later, the local electricity company knocked on my door and politely asked what had happened to the streetlight wires. I explained that I saw a large owl get tangled up in the wires, and its wings broke the wires! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejets Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, simon43 said: In deepest Laos, the light-controlled LED streetlight outside my house caused a buzzing interference on my amateur radio rig. So in the middle of the night, I put up a ladder and cut the 220 volt wires to the lamp..... problem solved! But 6 months later, the local electricity company knocked on my door and politely asked what had happened to the streetlight wires. I explained that I saw a large owl get tangled up in the wires, and its wings broke the wires! I'll bet they put you on their "watch list".........???? Nothing like "doing it live".......tip(it's only on at night).......DOHHHHH!!! cut wire....mmmm...might have been more believable if you pulled the twist and tape joint apart, now you'll have the PEA out looking for an owl with a pair of side cutters. Edited October 21, 2022 by bluejets 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiDIY Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 hours ago, bluejets said: looking for an owl with a pair of side cutters thailand owl not sure type possible expert can help 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now