Electricity meter

[Guest77]

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]

do you want some seals?

 

[Guest77]

No I have some thanks.

 

[Marvo]

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]

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

 

[telectrix]

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

 

[Essex_]

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]

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]

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

 

[Knobhead]

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

 

[Silly Sausage]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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?

 

[Guest77]

Are they smaller?

Mine is an old type meter, literally 3 times larger than the second photo meter.

 

[jeremy]

Following on from uksparks suggestion, if you reduce your tail size ( obviously not YOUR tail) to 2.5mm, you could have a heated towel rail, or even a heated loo roll holder! How posh would that be!

 

[Leesparkykent]

Mine is an old type meter, literally 3 times larger than the second photo meter.

about the same size as the smart meter then. I suppose the smart meter won't be as deep as the old electro mechanical meter with the spinning wheel.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

If I got involved with this discussion at at grammatical level, I would be here all night!

 

[Guest77]

Voltz I would love to continue this tonight and have a laugh regarding the Grammar, but I have to go to bed due to a ridiculously early start tommorrow.