leccy on de fiddle....Teehee!!

Anyone know how to make one of those boxes that turns the wheel on your meter back?

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p.mc
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I new a bloke who once tried to make one of those,he got the biggest transform he could find,took the windings of one side of the transformer, rewound it with a couple of winds of earthing wire and blew the shit out of the 60Amp fuse and burned his hands in the process.

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The3rd Earl Of Derby

He must have wired it up wrong, or put the leads in the wrong terminal on the meter.

I've just tried an old one, but instead of the wheel rotating back, it just turns back a bit then stops, as if this meter has some kind of anti rewind thingy. Is this possible?

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p.mc

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So here you are, telling everyone you've actually committed an offence, and with all the necessary info to trace you as well.

The various companies have fraud teams dedicated to tracking down people who dishonestly abstract electricity. I reckon there'll be an application for disclosure before too long.

Enjoy your weekend.

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The Wanderer

I know microwave transformers were used but have no idea how to. i'm sure there must be wiring diagrams on the net somewhere. The modified microwave transformer was called an 'autotransformer' if thats any help I trust this is for educational purposes only ;-)

Chris

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chris 159

cutout direct to the CU, leaving the meter in place, path of least resistance and all that, current would flow down the inserted cable. but why you would go to such lengths to save =A310 - =A315 a week is beyond me.

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Staffbull

cutout direct to the CU, leaving the meter in place, path of least resistance and all that, current would flow down the inserted cable. but why you would go to such lengths to save £10 - £15 a week is beyond me.

He'll save far more than that. In prison he'll get free meals and a bed for the night and may even blag some free vocational training.

AWEM

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Andrew Mawson

Save? I think you mean STEAL?

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Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)

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No they dont, i have reported a case of the junky upstairs from me fiddling the meter,(an incredibly simple operation requiring a piece of wire) even offering photographic evidence and they refused to do anything about it.

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news

Well said.

It's not stealing from the company, it's stealing form other customers. That might include some of us.

Mary

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Mary Fisher

It's a lot more than that if you're running grow-lamps in the attic. :-)

Like how to be an electrician, perhaps?

Owain

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Owain

Some definitely do.

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Colin Wilson

"They" being ...? These days wouldn't you have to contact the MPAS[1] to find out who is the supplier to the premises before you could report it? Then the supplier contacts their meter operator. Or can you go straight to the DNO[2] and report it as a dangerous situation? The latter ought to get someone out pretty quickly.

[1] Meter point administration service [2] Distribution network operator
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Andy Wade

North Wales police do infra red passes over properties apparently to see if they can find any "white roofs" there are rumours that the leccy board alert them is copious amounts of power are suddenly consumend by a property. There are a lot of polytunnels sprouting up around here now !!!

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Staffbull

Think you may have somethinf there, or are the "stage lights" ;-)

wiring stage lights All 2 messages in topic - view as tree From: p.mc - view profile Date: Sat, Sep 30 2006 4:14 am Email: "p.mc" Groups: alt.engineering.electrical Not yet ratedRating: show options Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse | Find messages by this author

Hi

I want to light a stage up using (4 or 6) light fittings with either (300watt or 500watt) Par bulbs in each fitting,

**let's assume it's a (6) fittings with 300watt par bulb scenario**

I plan to feed the lights from a 13amp plugtop from a fixed RCD twin socket, the feed will be 1.75 flex into a double pole switch, then onto a junction box where I will then take (6) switched feeds to each individual light, each with an inline connector with butal on the secondary side of the connectors for heat reasons and also easy removal and replacement.

*Questions*

1=2E Is this ok?

2=2E Is the 13amp fuse in the plugtop ok? 3=2E Also the light fittings can take 500watt Par bulbs. Would this be too much for the 13 amp plugtop, if so should I do 2 seperate runs with (2)

13amp plugtops and (2) double pole switches?

4=2E If you could provide a plan using the materials mentoined with a (6) 500watt lights scenario, and also (4) 500watt lights scenario. (6) 300watt lights scenario. (4) 300watt lights scenario. I'd be very gratefull.

I know there's probably a better way to do this but I want to keep it simple=20 and cost effective.=20

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Regards

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Staffbull

Like when plod comes a-visiting?

Owain

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Owain

The police prefer you to think this is an anti-drugs measure as this has more popular support. Actually they're surveying houses to be targeted by the local council's Low Energy Lightbulbs Enforcement Officer.

Proof of this is the fact that there are never any drugs sniffer dogs in the police helicopters.

Wouldn't like to live in a polytunnel but the price of starter housing is terrible :-)

Owain

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p.mc

Oh!! Owain, you have such a suspicious mind...I'll sing that on stage for you when I've done the lights. :-))

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p.mc

"Come on lads...Let's get him"... :-)))

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p.mc

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