Meter/consumer
- Thread starter alexbetts
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The meter and cutout are the responsibility of the supplier, and in theory nothing of yours is supposed to go on the same board.
In practice they usually turn a blind eye to an isolation switch or Henley block as long as it's competently installed and doesn't obstruct their stuff.
Your CU needs a board big enough for it. It's supposed to be fire-resisting. It can be neat to bring the cables in from the rear, so people often mount the CU direct to the wall, or mount the board to the wall, on stand-offs of some sort, e.g. those round rubber doorstops, short sections of 22mm plastic pipe etc.
Are you aware of all the legalities surrounding replacing/installing a CU, and all of the testing and certification which should be done?
In practice they usually turn a blind eye to an isolation switch or Henley block as long as it's competently installed and doesn't obstruct their stuff.
Your CU needs a board big enough for it. It's supposed to be fire-resisting. It can be neat to bring the cables in from the rear, so people often mount the CU direct to the wall, or mount the board to the wall, on stand-offs of some sort, e.g. those round rubber doorstops, short sections of 22mm plastic pipe etc.
Are you aware of all the legalities surrounding replacing/installing a CU, and all of the testing and certification which should be done?
If this is a total refurb, and you are having a new supply installed, the DNO will usually only allow you to have the supply installed into an external meterbox.
You have cleared it with LABC for you to do the electrical work?
When you submitted the application what did you say you'd be doing to ensure compliance with P1?
Are you confident that you know enough?
I was intending to place the wires where i want them, put tags on them to show what they go to, put the boxes to the walls. When i was happy i was going to call in the qualified electrician to check & connect everything. I didnt realise that i had to inform the LABC if it was going to certified by a qualified electrician.
1) Read this: http://www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:part-p
2) Unless you have already found an electrician, and already discussed this idea with him, and he's agreed to it all, then you won't be able to get it certified. If the work is not to be notified in advance then the electrician has to be registered, not just qualified, and he has to sign a declaration to say that he did all the work, so if you spring a 1st fix on him and expect him to do 2nd fix and then claim he did it all you'll be disappointed.
3) As well as not getting a declaration of Building Regulations compliance you won't get an EIC to show Wiring Regulations compliance, and the DNO might refuse to connect you.
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