Anyone experienced changing from old style electric meter to the new smart meters please?
I booked an appointment to do this with my energy supplier EDF who when they came told me the meter cupboard, recessed into the external wall, wasn’t big enough.
Apparently it’s down to me to provide a large enough cupboard to fit the new smart meter.
Struggled to get the dimensions they require for the new meter, but now discussing with local builder and electrician.
Seems much more difficult than I realised, anyone had the same issues or was it a walk in the park if you’ve done it?
I think your provider is talking Bo11ocks, the new smart / digital meters are way smaller than old style rotarys especially the projection out from the rear mounting board
Jon M,
That’s the conclusion I’m rapidly arriving at, they can’t give specific dimensions for the smets2 meter they are going to fit as “they’re all different”
And admittedly my meter cupboard has all sorts of additional items which were installed in there when my solar array was installed.
But to be honest it does seem to be a problem to which the remedy will be a significant spend to enlarge the cupboard. Not to mention some knocking out of bricks in the wall etc
BR
Rob
Rob, I have measured mine now I'm home, as I have old style for main meter and smart for the EV supply
Old rotary 125w x 180h x 125deep
New digital 120w x 190h x 80deep
As you can see they are 'designed' to make the swop easy as the backplate dim is almost identical & the in out cable positions are the same too, a good sparky would take less than 20 mins inc an earth test
