The meters and the fuse in my house are currently screwed directly onto the wooden panels that line the inside a cuboard built into the wall . Its an old 1900’s stone built property. this has been the fitting arangement since installation of the electricity supply and originl black meter in 1950. Since then SSE, as the retai supplyier at that time, has installed an off peak meter in the 70’s for storage heaters, and a check meter in 2019, both screwed by them directly onto the wall panels, same as the fuse and original meter, ie without a back board, and seemingly not an issue as far as they were concerned.
I am now trying to arrange for OVO to fit a SMART meter. They can come next week However they say a back board is essential , but theyalso say they will not fit one and to peak to the DNO IE SSE.
I have done so , and they say they will send someone to fit a piece of backboard behind their incoming fuse, but that it.
So now seem to be in a catch 22, because as far as i am aware nobody else is supposed to unscrew meters except them. Or am wrong here? Can i buy a backboard and try to find an electrician, not easy and unlikely at short notice , to unscrew them, fit the board , and put the meters back on ? Then get OVO to come along at a later date to take them off again and fit the new meter.
Alternatively,when the OVO fitter arrives , what if I get him to remove his old meters , and he goes for a coffee break while I screw on the backboard? Then he can install theSMART meter ?
Ant thoughts?
