Hi all,

Having worked from home for several years I have long yearned for a
seperately electrically metered office. We just moved house and I am
currently setting up office in the garage. The consumer unit is in
the garage and I have added a simple ring circuit in 2.5mm2 T&E with
three double sockets.

Previously my employer has estimated my electrical consumption based
on number of PCs running etc but I have always felt that his
estimations were rather low leaving me out of pocket.

I popped in to my local trade counter and asked how I could get my
garage circuit metered seperately. A friendly spark suggested a
reconditioned credit meter (£12 ish) would do the job quite nicely.

I now have the meter and am wondering what the best way is to wire it
in.

It has 4 connections MAIN (Live and Neutral) and LOAD (Live and
Neutral. Am I correct in assuming that I need to run one cable from
the CU to the new meter (connected to the MAIN terminal) and then run
my ring circuit from the LOAD terminal? As the new meter has no earth
connections, I also assume that the 3 earth wires will simply be
connected together?

Thanks!


Mike Armstrong