wrote:

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.

In that case it is easy, pull the fuse, install new CU, wire, test,
replace fuse.

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.

Personally I have no qualms about pulling the main fuse. When I replaced
my CU I installed a main DP switch as the first item after the meter,
that makes any further work very simple.


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Cheers,

John.

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