Hello!
I'm having my electricity meter replaced next week.
I wonder if this board that the electricity meter is mounted on might contain asbestos? If it does, can the electrician avoid unscrewing it and instead mount the new meter in a different location, or does it need to be removed to access cables and such?
 
  • Electrical meter and fuse panel mounted on a wall, with ceramic fuses and a white digital display, possibly containing asbestos.
  • Close-up of a screw on a textured board, possibly behind an electricity meter, with concerns about asbestos content.
  • A close-up of an electric meter mounted on a white panel with visible screws, possibly inquiring about asbestos content.
  • Close-up of an electrical board with screws and dirt, possibly asbestos-containing, where an electricity meter is mounted.
Is it you or the electrician asking? There may be asbestos in it, or not. Removing a panel does not release asbestos fibers. Stop googling
 
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Looks like painted chipboard.
 
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Lisakling and 2 others
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Looks like a painted chipboard.
The meter has been replaced several times before.
 
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Lisakling
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That is not an eternitskiva, looks like regular chipboard.
 
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Jonatan79 Jonatan79 said:
Is it you or the electrician asking? There might be asbestos in it, or not. Removing a board doesn't release asbestos fibers. Stop googling
The electrician hasn't been here yet. Got a message that he would come next week. Just worried about spreading fibers, there have been some mishaps with asbestos spreading in this house already so now I've become extra concerned about it.
 
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It is chipboard on that model of meter panel.
Why should you get the meter replaced? The current meter handles both quarter-hour settlement and solar cells.
 
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Maybe it doesn't have a han-port?
 
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It has a male port, located above the display under a cover.
 
It is usually chipboard. The panel's function is to serve as a mount for the meter. It should be possible to screw the meter in with different placements of its screw holes. An asbestos cement sheet is difficult to screw into, and hard to make anything stay attached.
 
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H HSP said:
It is chipboard on that model of meter panel.
Why are you having the meter replaced? The current meter can handle both quarterly settlement and solar cells.
We are getting a load balancer for the electric car. They said it wasn't possible with our meter, so it would be replaced.
 
Something is a bit strange,
The meter has nothing to do with load balancing. Unless you want to use the han-port, and it exists on the meter.

And who has brought the electrician there? Is it you or the utility company?

Possibly, if the electrician is hired by you, he might want to install current transformers behind the meter, but it's not certain that the network owner allows customer-owned equipment behind the sealed area.
Current transformers measure the current and adjust the charging using load balancing for the car.

So I guess the electrician is hired by you and not sent by the utility company.

Ps current transformers can also be installed in your electrical panel above, which is the correct placement.

Hmm. The utility company might need to come and plug in an adapter in the meter so you can access the han-port.
 
H HSP said:
Something is a bit strange,
The meter has nothing to do with load balancing. If you don't want to use the HAN port and it's available on the meter.

And who brought the electrician there? Is it you or the utility company?

Possibly if the electrician is hired by you, he might want to install current transformers behind the meter, however, it’s not certain that the network owner allows customer-owned equipment behind a sealed area.
Current transformers measure the current and adapt the charging with the help of load balancing to the car.

So I guess the electrician is hired by you and not sent out by the utility company.

PS current transformers can also be installed in your electrical panel above, that is the proper placement.

Hmm. The utility company might come and plug in an adapter in the meter so you get access to the HAN port
The electrician who was here and installed the charging station said he couldn't connect the load balancing because it was the wrong meter. He got in touch with our electricity company and that's how it started. I have no more insight than that, but according to you, is this a meter that doesn't need to be replaced?
 
It's not that the electrician sees it as a great opportunity to push you to replace the central with a new plastic central? Some electricians convince unaware customers that fuse box centrals are outdated and need to be replaced.
But sure, some electricians need drink support due to increased prices in Thailand.
 
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