Hi all and a Merry Christmas to all of those reading,
I'm planning to get my electric meter moved in the New Year.
I only want to move it less than a metre, closer to the CU in fact, so the tails should be long enough.
I just want to move it off the chipboard cupboard it's currently mounted onto, and put it next to the CU on a wall meaning I can knock down the cupboard.
As I live in Norfolk, I assume EDF are my DNO http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/AboutElectricity/DistributionCompanies/
or is it worth consulting my electric provider, British Gas about this?
In addition, we have an older Wylex board that I've recently consulted our Sparky over. He provided us with some MCBs for it and said that despite being old, the board still has RCD so not to let the meter movers bully us into replacing it.
Obviously I don't want to have to replace the CU if I don't have to, but if we get the meter moved, will we need to inform LABC and require testing for certification afterwards or is this only necessary if we *do* replace the CU?
At the same time, we want to get our redundant secondary CU taken out (probably from old storage heaters) so if we proceed with the meter moving, what order should we get things done?
BTW, anyone have a rough guess for a meter move of less than 1m by EDF?
Thanks for any advice.
I'm planning to get my electric meter moved in the New Year.
I only want to move it less than a metre, closer to the CU in fact, so the tails should be long enough.
I just want to move it off the chipboard cupboard it's currently mounted onto, and put it next to the CU on a wall meaning I can knock down the cupboard.
As I live in Norfolk, I assume EDF are my DNO http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/AboutElectricity/DistributionCompanies/
or is it worth consulting my electric provider, British Gas about this?
In addition, we have an older Wylex board that I've recently consulted our Sparky over. He provided us with some MCBs for it and said that despite being old, the board still has RCD so not to let the meter movers bully us into replacing it.
Obviously I don't want to have to replace the CU if I don't have to, but if we get the meter moved, will we need to inform LABC and require testing for certification afterwards or is this only necessary if we *do* replace the CU?
At the same time, we want to get our redundant secondary CU taken out (probably from old storage heaters) so if we proceed with the meter moving, what order should we get things done?
BTW, anyone have a rough guess for a meter move of less than 1m by EDF?
Thanks for any advice.