Can I switch from an Economy 7 plan to a single rate plan without a smart meter exchange?

This is your earlier post about the same problem.
 

We asked for photos of your metering arrangements to help clarify your situation; we’re still waiting!

Thanks for getting back to me. Not sure that’s my post but I was asked for a photo and got distracted going round the houses with OVO. Let me know if you need a better pic. Roddie

Thanks. That helps a bit. The restricted feed is the one labelled LLL, and we can see (just!) from the meter display that, at the time the photo was taken, the feed was switched OFF. 

What you would like is for that LLL feed to be live all the time. That isn’t allowed, I think, because the relay inside the meter that controls it isn’t designed for constant service.

You may be able to achieve what you want by getting your electrician to adjust things in your consumer unit (‘fuse box’) so that the space heaters are fed from the same circuit as everything else (the constant LL feed from the meter).  

You haven’t mentioned hot water. If there’s an immersion heater (or two) in your tank, it would normally be fed from the restricted circuit to take advantage of cheaper overnight rates. It might be as well to leave this arrangement in place, so the tank only heats up for a few hours each night rather than trying to stay equally hot around the clock, which can be wasteful.

Excellent Firedog. So is it the right meter, do you think? Appreciate point about hot water but not a concern - use kettle!

It is the sort of meter normally installed for customers with a multi-rate supply, with registers to record peak and offpeak usage. Even though you’ve decided to move away from this arrangement, the supply will still be there after you’ve moved on, and whoever takes it over might well want to revert to the original system.

This meter also has an internal switch to control the restricted circuit. This is what is making life difficult for you at present, but your friendly neighbourhood electrician should be able to sort you out.  

You should check that you’re being billed at the right rates - it should be the same for peak and offpeak usage, assuming that you’re seeing both registers’ readings.

Thanks again. Strange that I can’t have a meter that works for me without further works to be carried out.

Anyway appreciate you time.

All the best