From the preparation stage to the labour work moving your gas and electric meters will take anywhere from 4 6 weeks.
How much is it to move an electric meter.
If your electricity meter is inside your property it may be possible for us to move your meter.
Electric meters are seldom moved once installed but renovations and other factors might force you to relocate the meter.
The average cost of moving an electric meter is around 200 800 dependant on the location of the meter.
Moving the meter involves disconnecting power from the utility company disconnecting the cables that run into your electrical panel and dismounting the meter assembly.
Where your meter is now.
Who can move your meter depends on the work that s involved.
Moving a gas and electric meter will cost between 400 1 000 depending on the complexity of the move.
As you may require the electricity company to send out an electrician you can expect to wait up to 6 weeks.
How far you want to move it.
The company you pay your electricity bills to your electricity supplier legally own the meter so only they can carry out any work on this.
You can t move the meter yourself it s illegal.
This also applies if you want to relocate the meter to a different wall the other side of the same wall or a different room.
We may look to move your meter approximately 1 to 3 feet up down left or right from its current position on the same facing wall but is dependent on the available length plus flexibility of the current cable as well as where you want the meter to go.
The engineers will carry out this work as a fixed statutory job on behalf of the electricity board.
Moving your electricity meter more than 3 metres.
If you want to move your meter more than 3m your local distribution company will need to move your mains supply.
They ll tell you if they can do the work.
If you need to move your electricity board we can do this for you see above.
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Within a metre or so of its original position or they might.
Red circle electric meter it is possible to have a longer length if an intermediate fuse board is used at the electric meter end.
We can then move the electricity meter itself.
Contact your supplier and tell them you want to have your meter moved.
The cost of moving a gas and electric meter will vary.
While we can t help you lower the cost of moving your electricity or gas meter we might be able to help you save up to 338 on your energy bills.
However if you have gone to the effort of moving the electric meter because it is in the way then doing this kind of defeats the object of moving the meter to gain space.
