I expect you're right on your advice re using a qualified electrician but perhaps you're not familiar with modern E7 meters. It has six terminals: L&N in , L&N out and two much smaller connectors (red wires in my pic). These two terminals go closed-circuit during E7 time. They do not go live...
Yes I'm on TT - earth electrode in the ground. If I'm doing something I shouldn't then I want to correct it - that's why I'm posting this - it's just that nobody seems to know how economy seven works these days.
When I was a kid we had a completely separate white meter that only supplied...
There are two supplies to the Aga: the 30A supply and a 2A timed supply telling the Aga that it's economy seven time. I only have the one RCD for the entire distribution board. My E7 meter has two connections that are normally open-circuit but go closed-circuit at off-peak times. I have used...
I have used the switch connections in my economy 7 meter to send a power signal to my night storage heater (actually it's an electric aga). The Aga is switched off so no load switching is taking place yet when the economy seven kicks in at 12.30 every night the RCD trips out.
Am I doing...