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To cut a long story short my dial type electric meter stopped working and Amey came out to replace it, however when he checked it he found that the fuse box for the shower has been connected directly to the meters load as shown in the pic below, he said that's naughty , got on the phone came back and said he cant replace the broken meter until the shower unit has its own block??.........
as you can see the fuse box is an old 1970's and Dolphin fitted the other fuse box in the 80's, now not sure if they connected it the way shown in the pic( as we used to have an old coin operated meter that was removed in the 90's) and the electric board switched that over , nothing was said at the time about the state of the electrics.....
The Guy from Amey said you might as well get a new CU RCBO etc, what is the likely hood that I will need more than just switching the units etc will I require a re-wire etc , as by the looks of it all the light / sockets are on a single ring ---- not got must of a clue about this stuff
are we looking at a costly job or is their an solution for the shower fuse box, as it has to be disconnected from the meter in order for the meter to be replaced....
thanks for looking
To cut a long story short my dial type electric meter stopped working and Amey came out to replace it, however when he checked it he found that the fuse box for the shower has been connected directly to the meters load as shown in the pic below, he said that's naughty , got on the phone came back and said he cant replace the broken meter until the shower unit has its own block??.........
as you can see the fuse box is an old 1970's and Dolphin fitted the other fuse box in the 80's, now not sure if they connected it the way shown in the pic( as we used to have an old coin operated meter that was removed in the 90's) and the electric board switched that over , nothing was said at the time about the state of the electrics.....
The Guy from Amey said you might as well get a new CU RCBO etc, what is the likely hood that I will need more than just switching the units etc will I require a re-wire etc , as by the looks of it all the light / sockets are on a single ring ---- not got must of a clue about this stuff
are we looking at a costly job or is their an solution for the shower fuse box, as it has to be disconnected from the meter in order for the meter to be replaced....
thanks for looking