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Upstairs and downstairs two seperate meters

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  • 18-04-2019 3:22pm
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    bri007
    Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Quick question.

    We have bought a house, 3 bed semi D. It was set up into two seperate units. So upstairs and downstairs have two seperate meters. Upstairs is currently pay as you go electricity and downstairs is esb.

    I am just wondering would it be a big job to reconnect the electricity back to one whole unit and on the one meter instead of two seperate ones?

    It’s not a huge problem but would like it all on same connection.

    Thanks.


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    keithdub
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    Are the 2 fuse boards beside each other?


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    bri007
    Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭bri007


    Thanks for the reply,

    They have trip switches but they are both downstairs but not beside each other, one is in the garage and the one for upstairs is in the hallway downstairs
    keithdub wrote: »
    Are the 2 fuse boards beside each other?


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    keithdub
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭keithdub


    I'm not 100% with the regs on this now but you might be able to connect the 2 sets of tails in at the meter box. Again I'm not sure if its allowed but ring the esb and ask them. This option will save you a lot of messing


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,532 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    The remaining meter needs to supply just one board, a small main distribution board. This in turn feeds two sub distribution boards, one for upstairs and one for downstairs. An assessment would need to be done to ensure that a single meter supply would have sufficient capacity for the two loads.

    The ESB are not responsible for how the load supply of the meter is connected, this is simply beyond their scope.


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