On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 8:11:01 PM UTC, ARW wrote:
On 31/10/2019 18:56, Chris Green wrote:
John Kenyon wrote:
On 31/10/2019 11:22, wrote:
Currently with British Gas because we just moved in. Googling suggests
BG charge 43+VAT and isolator, and anyway their fuel rates are expensive
so I need to switch. Googling also suggests nPower charge nothing, but
I've got a very old billing dispute with them, so I can't go there!

Anyone got any info on which other suppliers might do an isolator FOC?


Personally I would tug the board fuse, move the CU meter tails from the
CU to the isolator and then install new tails from isolator to CU.

From previous experience, meter readesr/DNO operatives doesn't care if
main fuse seals are missing.

Yes, when I moved/changed our consumer units a few years ago I did
this and the seal has never been replaced.


Done it thousands of times (cut the seal not fitted thousands of isolators).

A Wylex REC2 isolator is £12.99 from ToolStation but the OP can have the
unused one I have for P&P. I can even throw in some new meter tails if
required.

Thanks for the offer, but the installation is somewhat old and I am disinclined to touch any of it unnecessarily.

I've booked British Gas to do it, they charged me £31.42 which is a no-brainer for me. It's going to take bloody ages for them to come round (January 2020!), but we moved in this week, so there is no shortage of stuff for me to get done before then.

First priority looks like the socket in the kitchen where I plugged my laptop in, and rapidly unplugged it because the socket was crackling. Flush mounted with the tiles, and grouted in, of course.