Gas & Electric

bevjones · 10-09-2008, 09:59 PM

Hi, not sure where to put this so thought it would be ok in here,
is there anyone out there who knows loopholes for the prepayment gas and electric meters, I have heard of people buying keys loaded with £250 on, but not sure where to get them.

Thanks in advance any help is great.

BevJones

mikeydavies · 10-09-2008, 10:39 PM

I've never heard of keys like that before, i'd defiantly be interested though if anyone knows about them! I do know how to wire up electric key meters though! although not the greatest of ideas unless you play it semi fair and put a little bit of money on every week or so, so that it doesn't get too sus when the bill comes in low their end!

bevjones · 10-10-2008, 06:16 AM

Yeah I am willing to put money on it, just want to know how to "save" a little too.
can you explain a little ore about wireing it please mate.

robertleth · 10-21-2008, 02:39 AM

Hiya there Bev, it's mike but i'm signed in under my brothers ID as im away this week! Basically what you have to do is at the bottom of the key/card meter itself there should be a black cover with a security tag on it. Take the tag off and also the cover, inside the cover you may find a wiring diagram of sorts that should help you to find out which 2 of the 4 wires are live! you may also be able to tell this by red wiring or they may have covered it with a sleve but you may see a bit of red still. Anyway, the wiring im on about is behind the cover, what you need to do once you have determined which wire is what is to get a piece of electrical wire, normal 240V wire is good(wire in normal leads etc) , is to cut a piece about 3 inches long and strip about 5mm of each end. then, this is the heart in your mouth time!, connect 1 end to 1 of the live wires and then touch the other end to the other live wire and you should see a bit of a spark and the wire itself should make enough of a weld to keep the connection without anything else. If you by any chance get a huge spark then you've done it wrong, try again or give up!
Be warned anyone that tries this that this isn't for the faint hearted and i'm only sharing this for informational purposes only! it's not likely to go wrong if you follow what i've said and you're quite sure that you've got the right 2 wires. This can and has the possibility of going wrong so just be warned.
How this works is because obviously you need live and neutral wires for electric into the home, they run it through a meter and it comes out through the other side until it runs out/gets cut off! so what you're doing in theory is bridging the live wires so that the electricity runs freely by-passing the meter altogether although the meter will still carry on into debt at a rate of about £2 a week.
If anyone needs any more info then please let me know.
Thanks
Mikeydavies(signed in under myu brothers ID)!

bevjones · 10-21-2008, 06:06 AM

cheers mikey, great advise, I will try this but I'm going to wait till after the 2nd of November as I'm getting a new one fitted as mine has lived its service life apparently, then i will let you know, (as soon as i get the courage to touch them two wires lol) once again cheers mikey.

BevJ

DA STIK AN MOVE KID · 01-03-2009, 10:09 PM

Hey does this work for smart card pay as u go electric meter