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I recently bought a property consisting of a ground floor cafe and an upstairs apartment.
It had one mains supply with a mains meter which supplied the cafe then a sub meter which supplied the upstairs apartment.
The landlord subtracted one from the other to give separate bills?
I want to have two separate meters installed to be able to get two separate bills for each address.
Is it possible to split the mains supply cable?
Does it need to be a certain size to do this and if so who would I need to contact to find out if this is a possibility?
 
Usually you can have 2 supplies off one cut out, as there are 2 sets of outgoing terminals on most cut outs. . It therefore just needs a second meter. The supplier will need a load assessment to make sure the total load is ok.
 
Many thanks. I'm being told that this supply cable isn't big enough to supply two properties and I need to have 2 brand new supplies put in which will involve coming across a road, traffic lights the whole caboodle.
The other alternative was to have a split put in with another sub meter to supply the 2nd property which to me doesn't make much sense.
Its either not big enough to supply the 2 properties or it is regardless as to whether its a sub meter or two separate meters?
I'm away until the weekend but will get in touch with my supplier, British Gas when I return.
 
Many thanks. I'm being told that this supply cable isn't big enough to supply two properties and I need to have 2 brand new supplies put in which will involve coming across a road, traffic lights the whole caboodle.
The other alternative was to have a split put in with another sub meter to supply the 2nd property which to me doesn't make much sense.
Its either not big enough to supply the 2 properties or it is regardless as to whether its a sub meter or two separate meters?
I'm away until the weekend but will get in touch with my supplier, British Gas when I return.

Oh my giddy aunt...it may be cheaper to build a small reactor ;)
 
I'm away until the weekend but will get in touch with my supplier, British Gas when I return.

Good luck with that..... They will say that you need your gas, water, house and undies upgrading as well.....
 
Here's one...BG ring and say "you have to have a smart meter fitted..."

I reply "are you sure that's a have?"

They do this four times,on the fifth,i ask if they want to get some legal guidance on this statement...

They ask "do i want to have a smart meter?"

The meter pusher then gets the picture,and i ask if they can ask five questions,can i ask one...i get a nervous yes...

I ask "if you actually had designed,a working metering device,which could record smartness,and you had an example,set up and functioning ,in your office...would the needle have moved off the zero,today?"

......."is there anything else,i can help you with,today sir?..."
 
Usually you can have 2 supplies off one cut out, as there are 2 sets of outgoing terminals on most cut outs. . It therefore just needs a second meter. The supplier will need a load assessment to make sure the total load is ok.
I have had a couple of occasions where pme has only been allowed on one of the supplies when it is split like this
 
I ask "if you actually had designed,a working metering device,which could record smartness,and you had an example,set up and functioning ,in your office...would the needle have moved off the zero,today?"

Mine would be at zero this morning... Switched off the alarm and went back to sleep again... Then again this is taking the thread off subject.... and I never do that....
 

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