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FIND THE FEED CABLE IN YOUR ELECTRICITY METER (UK)
The Efergy monitor is installed by clipping the sensor around the feed cable of your
electricity meter.
LOCATE YOUR ELECTRICITY METER
Locate your electricity meter and determine its type. You can
normally find this on an outside wall, in the garage, basement or
utility room. If you live in a flat, it can often be found outside your
front door, in the communal staircase, or in the basement. Ensure
there is enough of accessible cable coming from the bottom of
your electricity meter.
Modern office blocks and apartments may have safety panels to
protect wires entering the meter. It is recommended that professional
electricians be contacted where this is the case.
FIND THE FEED CABLE
You should find four cables exiting the meter. The feed cable (Cable
4) is the live cable exiting from the meter to the fuse box. Connect
the sensor to Cable 4 (Cable 4 will always be on the right hand
end of the meter, see Diagram 1).
Some installations will have Cable 1 and Cable 2 covered, or
partially covered to prevent any tampering with the supply (see
Diagram 2). Attach the sensor to Cable 4 (far right cable).
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2
3
4
Diagram 1
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2
3
4
Diagram 2
Dual Tariff meters (Diagram 3) will often
have an Auxiliary cable running between
Cable 3 and Cable 4. Auxiliary cables will
be smaller in diameter than the feed
cables, and will run into an adjoining
metering device.
Newer installations will normally have two
cables exiting from the bottom of the meter.
One is the earth cable, the other the live
feed cable. The sensor should be clipped
around the live feed cable (this is normally
brown coloured).
If you have a three phase supply, or economy
7 meter, then you may require additional
sensors. These can be simply plugged into
the additional sockets at the base of the
transmitter. Please contact your supplier for
additional sensors.
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ELECTRICITY
SUPPLIER IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS
ABOUT CLIPPING THE SENSOR ONTO THE
CORRECT CABLE.
Safety
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD
YOU TRY TO ATTACH THE SENSOR IF
THERE IS ANY DAMAGE TO THE
ELECTRIC METER CABLES. NO CABLES
NEED TO BE CUT. DO NOT CUT ANY
CABLES.
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2
3
Cable 4
Auxiliary Cable
Diagram 3