prepayment electricity

[jimbob77778]

hi was just wondering if anybody could help please " does a prepay metre have back up batterry if there is a prolonged power cut to metre " ;-) . thanks

 

[1554leslie]

yes it does

 

[jimbob77778]

thanks for your reply 1554 leslie i thought so would any credit stay on the metre please

 

[1554leslie]

yes meter has a battery back up so runs as normal

 

[jimbob77778]

ok thanks i hope am not offending you by saying this ? but basically i want to bypass my metre but still top up regulary then maybe reconnect every month to burn some on the metre if you understand i have saw seals and crimpers on ebay to resael metre when due to be read ? is it possible

 

[1554leslie]

Be very care full with doing that

 

[jimbob77778]

i will just concerned about the meter just gunna feed the cable to fuse box my installation is indoors once i remove main fuse it will be ok done it before but not with the prepayment metre thats what i was worried about basically thanks for your help

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its only for reducing domestic costs not any growing plants lol

 

[hughjarse]

speaking as a sparky.....pull the mains fuse first!
as always google has the answers
good luck

 

[jimbob77778]

cheers hughjarse would do that anyway was just concerned about the meter causing me grief lol