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There's nothing happened on the meter today to suggest there was any extra used last night. Mind, I haven't seen Billy yet today to confirm that he remembered to actually switch the heating on, and even if he says he did it's hardly proof that he actually did, or that it used any appreciable...

Well, we had the safety inspection done, and apart from the place needing some obvious fixing up here and there, no actual wiring crossovers between upstairs and downstairs was found. William upstairs (who now has the address of this forum, by the way, I invited him to contribute) tells me he's...

Today's news is that we are having a safety inspection of the electrics in both flats next Wednesday. Roll on, eh :-) I'm not sure what it will involve or what it will reveal though. I think it should be made certain that the lighting circuits can't be made to handle more current than they...

I'm actually several months ahead on the actual juice I know I've used because I paid two of their ludicrous bills. I've already told them in writing all about the problems with upstairs and BG are doing this on the basis of readings from a meter that they say themselves in writing is giving...

I think the players get paid to be in Corrie :-) BB

The yellows are indeed 20s, the whites are 5s and the black is 15. Maybe it just looks black because of the lighting in there. BG tell me they're sending someone around to turn me off soon and are charging me for the visit. Obviously I won't be letting anyone in. They also say they'll be...

Like I'd know? Is it marked somewhere? Do I have to pull it out or something? BB

I have three yellow dots, two white dots, and one black dot - what do they signify please? Many thanks, BB

I just remembered, when there was some rewiring done here and upstairs years ago, one of my wall sockets, one halfway up the wall with ducting coming down from the ceiling to it, stopped working. They explained it had to be disconnected because it was running off my ceiling rose, as they put it...

I'm listening. That sort of thing's very useful to know, thanks. BB

The guy who installed the meter suggests that since there is the separate supply for upstairs (you can see the pipe) then upstairs can only be running something off my lighting circuit and he says he can't be running much off that. I appreciate the sense in what he's saying, however, it doesn't...

The new meter was fitted today, he seems to have made a good job of it. He also fitted the cover back on the fusebox. Pix at for anyone interested. I think this fixes one of the code 1s as small fingers can't get in there now but there's still no grommetts. BB

They're formally threatening disconnection now, and debt companys and the rest. Can they cut me off from the exchange without cutting off upstairs also? I don't believe they can do that from looking at the layout of the installation. Can they gain access to cut me off physically? I wouldn't...

When you guys say that if the job's started (fusebox sorted) then it has to be finished (all the connected wiring sorted) what's the time-frame involved? No reason why I shouldn't clear space in one room for the necessary floorboards to come up, Leccy comes, does his bit, I sort that room and...

Earthing, yes, that was when they did the gas. That was an adventure too :-) BB

I'll trot along to the CAB on Thursday, thanks. So; (i.e. a junction box with a broken lid; or a missing cover plate on a fusebox.!!) are they what I've got? I don't know what's what in there you see. On the moving out thing, we've had electricians in here before and they've refused to...

It does me ok. I was told today that if an electrical company replaces the fusebox etc. then they have to go through the entire flat (s) bringing it (them) all up to today's health and safety specs - is that true? That'd cost some bucks here. I wonder if I could get confirmation of that from...

Ah, the cooker is gas, by the way. Hot water's gas too. There's no central heating or anything. BB

Is there not an authority I can appeal to here? I already went to the CAB and they said there was nothing much I could do (about the inconvenience of the large electricity bills etc.) but if there's actual danger to my person then that takes it into a different sphere altogether. Maybe I should...

I'm still in Surrey. Any specific info you could give me which would pressure the landlady into sorting all this out would be gratefully received. I see code 1s referred to above; what are they please? A bit of background, many years ago the gas man came to replace the gas meter which was a...