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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 419953" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>Can you exolain that? Why is the meter not in your own property? You do have your own metered supply don't you and pay your bill to an electricity supply company?</p><p></p><p>the "clonk" will come from the contactor in yourr off peak consumer unit at about 1AM when the off peak turns on.</p><p></p><p>As has been suggested you need a better electrican. The trouble with employing a company is you don't now who they are going to send. If you contact a sole trader, you can talk to him on the phone about the problem and find out if he thinks he is able to fault find it, and then you know that the guy that turns up is the one you spoke to.</p><p></p><p>Fault finding a system like this is just a logical process. No 1 would be to temporarily rig it so you can turn the contactor on and off locally and test that all the off peak circuits come on when the contactor is energised. If that worked, then I personally would temporarily connect something with a neon light, e.g a fused connection unit so it lights up when the off peak circuits are energised. Then get you to look at it at night or early morning and see if it is light up or not.</p><p></p><p>If your metering grear is in another property that complicated things, but presumably you have access to it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 419953, member: 6969"] Can you exolain that? Why is the meter not in your own property? You do have your own metered supply don't you and pay your bill to an electricity supply company? the "clonk" will come from the contactor in yourr off peak consumer unit at about 1AM when the off peak turns on. As has been suggested you need a better electrican. The trouble with employing a company is you don't now who they are going to send. If you contact a sole trader, you can talk to him on the phone about the problem and find out if he thinks he is able to fault find it, and then you know that the guy that turns up is the one you spoke to. Fault finding a system like this is just a logical process. No 1 would be to temporarily rig it so you can turn the contactor on and off locally and test that all the off peak circuits come on when the contactor is energised. If that worked, then I personally would temporarily connect something with a neon light, e.g a fused connection unit so it lights up when the off peak circuits are energised. Then get you to look at it at night or early morning and see if it is light up or not. If your metering grear is in another property that complicated things, but presumably you have access to it? [/QUOTE]
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