Can't find my electricity meter

tomlinson29

Bit of a strange one. Our smart meter has stopped transmitting data back to the display unit, and to British Gas. So I need to find the actual electricity and gas meters themselves. I have located the gas meter but can't find the elec meter. It's a 3-bed end terrace house so not huge. We've checked everywhere.  So far I've tried the following:
- Contacting the previous owner - no response
- Checking the survey from when we bought the house - it says they couldn't locate it (stupid me for not following up at the time) 
- Asking the neighbours where their's is - right inside the front door, ours has obviously been moved during a renovation
- Asking British Gas - they don't have anything recorded

Any other ideas?? I'm stumped.  

tim_p

If you can find your consumer unit (fusebox) then it *should* be within a metre or so of that.

nick74

Where is your fuse board/consumer unit? They are usually sited close to the meter.

macman

Follow the wiring from the CU or DNO fuse. 

Mouldymeat3

How did you verify the meter reading when you took over the property?

macman

Mouldymeat3 said:

How did you verify the meter reading when you took over the property?

From the smart meter display, presumably.

Talldave

The electricity meter must be within a couple of metres of the gas meter otherwise gas meter readings wouldn't have been sent. 

Gerry1

If the IHD has a battery and a signal strength display you could wander around with that to find the spot with the strongest signal.  You might need to desensitise it, e.g. wrap it in aluminium foil and leave just a small hole to see the relevant icon.  If you're really desperate you could even unplug the microwave, pop it inside and wander around with that !  Sounds crazy, but needs must...

tomlinson29

there is a consumer unit by the back door but i'm reliably informed its for the external lights etc because its so small. would this need to be connected in some way to the main CU? 
the gas meter is under one of the kitchen cabinets, i will have another look around there. 

thanks all

macman

Post some pics...

oldagetraveller1

Talldave said:

The electricity meter must be within a couple of metres of the gas meter otherwise gas meter readings wouldn't have been sent. 

Both have to be close together then for a "SMART" meter system to work?

Does the electicity meter "talk" to the gas meter and send both readings?

My electricity meter is inside, next to the consumer unit, and the gas meter is in a closed box many feet (about 20 metre) away.

In the very unlikely event of having SMART meters installed, would that cause an issue.

Only asking because my knowledge about them is virtually nil, other than the readings are transmitted using the mobile phone communication network!