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On 17 Dec 2006 01:03:23 -0800, " wrote:

Do you mean just moving the consumer unit - or the whole shebang
CU/meter/cut-out?


The meter is in a box on the outside, so they can read it when we are
out. The tails go inside to a consumer unit, which I am replacing. I'd
like to put the new CU in a different position, which will need
shorter tails rather than longer ones, so whomever will just have to
trim the existing ones I would imagine.

It's reassuring that some electricians might do this, as I would
expect the board to be horrendously expensive. So to answer your
question, no it's not everything that's moving, just the CU.


Several years back (pre part P) I had one of two choices when
replacing my CU with a new unit in exactly the same location.

1) Cut the seal on the "board fuse" - i.e. the one before the meter to
isolate the supply.
Do what you need to do, replace the fuse. Make sure the meter seals are left
intact.

2) Alternatively wait around for the man to come around, disconnect the
supply,
mess around in the dark drilling holes with a battery powered drill, and
then
wait for the man to turn up again to reconnect you after doing a safety
check
and issuing a test certificate at a cost of £X pounds.

I chose option 1 - the fuse seal got replaced about three months later when
the electricity
board did a scheduled meter replacement. No comment was passed or action
taken regarding the seal on the main fuse.

/John