Consumer unit removal

[dandeman]

I have just had old storage heaters removed and the elec board have been up and cut the cables outside at the meter and removed the meter. Can I safely remove the consumer unit. I have a separate unit for the rest of the house electrics.

Any help appreciated

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If the supply feed to this unit has been removed and the unit is dead, you should be able to.

 

[rebuke]

It should be OK, a few things to be careful of though:
* Make sure the electricity board really have cut the correct tails, and there is no supply to this CU
* This is unlikely, as you'd probably have noticed it since the storage heaters would have come on when they weren't meant to (and breakers would probably have tripped on the main CU) anyway, but if someone had accidentally connected a circuit on the storage heater board to the main CU, it could backfeed such that the storage heater CU is still live. This sounds hard to do, but if you had a ring socket and a storage heater socket next to each other, it wouldn't be inconceivable for someone to wire the wrong pair together etc...

 

[dandeman]

How do I check if the supply has been disconnected? The meter at the outside wall has been definitely removed and the wires that fed it have been cut right back.

 

[Steve]

Use a multimeter / basic electrical equipment £5 at Maplins.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

You need an approved voltage indicator.

To prove it is dead.

 

[sparkwright]

have you considered replacing the storage heater points for socket outlets, and re-feeding them with 24 hr electric?