PaulUK:
Wow, that's an amazing thread and set of pics. I can't imagine a "parking meter" type electric meter in these parts, but the concept makes perfect sense. What a great way for the power company to protect themselves from shady customers.
I do have one question though: Here, most meters are plug-in (I am sure that you have seen many, many, many photos of services here). Is the UK still using this same hard-wired in-out wiring? I believe that you actually forwarded us a pic of a new UK service that still seemed to maintain that typical 4-terminals at the lower left corner concept.
I can't imagine a meter around these parts rated for only 40 amps, but then again, that meter was obviously pretty old. I believe that all meters here are now rated at 320 amps and it's CT's beyond that.
