i would like to split the electric into 2
1 for each house
i have three phase
whats the best way
1 for each house
i have three phase
whats the best way
i have 2 terrace houses but one electric supply
- Thread starter jasmann
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call your electricity supplier, explain the situation
You essentially have two choices
1: get the DNO to rearrange things to provide two seperate supplies. This is likely to be rather expensive though.
2: install your own private metering after the suppliers meter.
Which is the better option depends on what you want to do with the houses. If you want to sell them seperately you definately want to go with option 1. If you are planning to use them as holiday lets or similar number 2 is probablly better (both cheaper and means one less bill for you to deal with), if you are planning to put them on long term lets 1 is probablly better because it means any crap like meter bypassing is between the tenant who did it and thier supplier wheras with private metering they would be stealing the electricity from you.
Whichever option you choose you or your electrician will need to survey the wiring of the two houses to produce diagrams of it (I presume that there are no previous records) and if nessacery rearrange it..
1: get the DNO to rearrange things to provide two seperate supplies. This is likely to be rather expensive though.
2: install your own private metering after the suppliers meter.
Which is the better option depends on what you want to do with the houses. If you want to sell them seperately you definately want to go with option 1. If you are planning to use them as holiday lets or similar number 2 is probablly better (both cheaper and means one less bill for you to deal with), if you are planning to put them on long term lets 1 is probablly better because it means any crap like meter bypassing is between the tenant who did it and thier supplier wheras with private metering they would be stealing the electricity from you.
Whichever option you choose you or your electrician will need to survey the wiring of the two houses to produce diagrams of it (I presume that there are no previous records) and if nessacery rearrange it..
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jasmann - are you sure it's only 1 supply?
Sometimes they loop the incoming cable from one house to the next.
Is there only 1 meter?
Is there a reason why 2 houses on 1 supply is likely?
Sometimes they loop the incoming cable from one house to the next.
Is there only 1 meter?
Is there a reason why 2 houses on 1 supply is likely?
there is only one meter
the 2 house were converted into 1 to make a residential home
i want to make it back to 2 houses
there was a meter in the other house which has been removed
the board it mounts on to is still there
the 2 house were converted into 1 to make a residential home
i want to make it back to 2 houses
there was a meter in the other house which has been removed
the board it mounts on to is still there
OK.
Are there still 2 CUs?
The link between the 2 properties might just be a single cable to where the 2nd one used to have it's incoming supply, or all of the circuits might be intermingled.
Have a look at the labelling, and start turning circuits on and off to see how separate the 2 sides are.
Are there still 2 CUs?
The link between the 2 properties might just be a single cable to where the 2nd one used to have it's incoming supply, or all of the circuits might be intermingled.
Have a look at the labelling, and start turning circuits on and off to see how separate the 2 sides are.
what is a cu ?
there is 2 black boxes 2"x2" where the old meter was
thanxs ban all sheds
there is 2 black boxes 2"x2" where the old meter was
thanxs ban all sheds
What cables, if any, go in/out of those?
Can you even see an incoming supply cable in that location?
It's sounding more and more as if the houses were well and truly merged into one, and that splitting them into separate ones won't be trivial.
How much have you budgeted for the electrics?
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