Electricity meter

Guest77 · Mar 10, 2015

I intend to move mine a foot to the left so I can fit a toilet under my stairwell, currently it will be in the way of knees when sitting on the loo, it will mean cutting the seal and pulling the fuse so I can replace the tails from the henley block and to extend them, thoughts? :biggrin:

telectrix · Mar 10, 2015

do you want some seals?

Guest77 · Mar 10, 2015

No I have some thanks.

Marvo · Mar 10, 2015

Gasp!!!!!

This isn't the kind of work you should be doing as a DIY'er, cutting seals has been known to attract hand-wringers from far and wide which invariably leads to threads with hundreds of posts. If you give your location I'm sure one of the forum professionals who's local to you will offer to help you out.

uksparks · Mar 10, 2015

You could make a towel rail out with the meter tails if you to it right

telectrix · Mar 10, 2015

if you turn it round, will it go backwards. oops, that;s gas.

Essex_ · Mar 10, 2015

Can't you just chop your knees off? Or replace then for non-combustible knees. Better still, fit a smoke detector within 3 meters of your knees. Sorry. I know. All knees should now be supported with metal clips whilst walking through an escape route.

egg67 · Mar 10, 2015

If you look closely at the seals you will see that they fell off a long time ago when the house was rewired in the 60s, if your going to extend the tals then wait till your neighbour goes on holiday tell them you will look after the house and extend the talls to their meter it's just like having solar panels but without the Out lay, and then you might be a able to fit a beday, and grow tomatoes in your loft, hope this helps

Octopus · Mar 10, 2015

I think you should fit the toilet at an angle then use the meter as your book "stand"

Knobhead · Mar 10, 2015

Just crack on with it Mike, it’ll be alright. Although I’d tape a plastic bag around it.

Silly Sausage · Mar 10, 2015

Tony said:
Just crack on with it Mike, it’ll be alright. Although I’d tape a plastic bag around it.

Excellent advice. Ogre urine is one of most corrosive fluids known to mankind.

Deleted member 72666 · Mar 10, 2015

Try and get yourself a smart meter (if you don't have one already) they're much smaller and neater and they'll probably fit it where you want it (within reason).

Guest77 · Mar 10, 2015

stantheman said:
Try and get yourself a smart meter (if you don't have one already) they're much smaller and neater and they'll probably fit it where you want it (within reason).

well done stan you have won mate, that is actually what is happening, at last joking aside someone with a brain.

Geordie Spark · Mar 10, 2015

MDJ said:
I intend to move mine a foot to the left so I can fit a toilet under my stairwell, currently it will be in the way of knees when sitting on the loo, it will mean cutting the seal and pulling the fuse so I can replace the tails from the henley block and to extend them, thoughts? :biggrin:

I had a similar situation with mine and wanted to move it higher up the wall.

The meter, fuse & isolator are all on a plywood board about 500mm square and the incomer is that nice flexible split concentric stuff.

A preliminary investigation under the floor found a veritable sh!tload of slack on this incomer so it was very easy to lift and re-fix the complete ensemble 3 feet higher and 1 foot to the right from its original position.

No seals were injured and no Henley block was needed - Perfect!

My thanks go to the anonymous DNO bod for being so generous with his split concentric. :laugh:

Leesparkykent · Mar 10, 2015

stantheman said:
Try and get yourself a smart meter (if you don't have one already) they're much smaller and neater and they'll probably fit it where you want it (within reason).

Are they smaller?