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?
Yes, the hard-wired meter is still the norm here. I believe you refer to them as "A-base" over there?
Click here for a modern regular-type credit meter These days, many new residential services are 100 amps, but there are a lot of 60 and 80A services still in use, and even some 40A. A few years ago I even came across an old
30-amp service, and it was feeding a sizeable Victorian house.
