Fitting an isolator between meter and consumer unit.

[SUNRAY]

Anyway, back to my original post. This is what I have. Is there room to fit an isolator there?

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I assume this would be an easier location for quick access

 

[ebee]

Victorian attitude cut out - Electrics should not be seen and heard ?

A very common concept (at least around my locality) electrics were always out of the way and unseen - under the stairs/in a cellar/high up in a wall cupboard , that was deemed the most important feature - ease of use for all concerned was the last thing on their minds - nowadays it "should" be considered amongst the first.

During the lifetime of a lot of us senior of age persons on this forum if we compare practices that were once common to what is now common then I wonder what opinions have changed - Road layout and motor cars are but one striking example not just electrics (I always likes thesr knife switches and jacobs ladders dotted about in films with Boris and co (Karloff not Johnson) .
Ooh I do miss those electric arcs we used to create!

The 30A rewireable BANG was easier to distinguish than the modern 32A thwack of an MCB, you knew where and when with those things.

 

[Mottie]

On the left of the head appears to have enough space.
If not screw another board to it that it will fit on.

It's all a bit tight - how much space is there to the left of the meter/cutout?

However, there nothing stopping you adding an additional board and putting the isolator on that. Indeed it seems that some 'supplier purists' ('pedants' ?) say that you shouldn't have an item of 'your equipment' mounted on 'their board'!

Thanks. There is enough room to the left of the head - do they have to be mounted on a board (if so, I’ll make and fit one) or can they go straight on to the wall?

 

[JohnW2]

Thanks. There is enough room to the left of the head - do they have to be mounted on a board (if so, I’ll make and fit one) or can they go straight on to the wall?

I see nothing that demands 'a board'. Indeed, I imagine that if the perceived issue relates to 'fire', most walls are probably going to be much less 'combustible' than most 'boards'!