John, common practice here in France, if you use the blue wire as a live it reverses the electrical flow back to the meter and turns it backwards, so the more you consume the less it costs 
For any budding electricians reading this, itâs a joke and doesnât work; in fact, it can be dangerous in the future to others thinking the installation is correct. Always check with a VAT or multimeter & never work on live circuits.
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What a shame, it sounds like an exceptional money saving tip. I presume you would use a sonic screwdriver to reverse the polarity?
Could it be adapted to solar panels, to beam energy up to the Sun to avoid it running out in approx. 50 billion years? 
Chris, the best lĂ©gal money saving tip I can give is never leave a socket un plugged as the electricity will escape & the meterâs running. 
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I have genuinely been asked that question more than onceđ
Have you ever taken any rookies into a HT sub station with a florescent tube and then turned the lights off.
Very true. I am told itâs important to have a supply of small children to stick their fingers into the sockets to prevent the power from escaping. A method first developed in Holland I believe.
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Nope, heard about this but not done it.
How do you fancy this little cleaning job? 
Which is why advice was given to avoid the classic pitfalls.
HmmâŠ, but your original statement used a future tense, as inâŠ
âŠwhich is why I said what I did about the need to find out what you need to do from the person who will be hooking it all up.
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I have just put my test meter inside the distribution board, the incoming blue is phase and the red has no voltage when testing earth and incoming supplies. Could they really have reversed the cables when they fitted the Linky?
I was talking to a friend yesterday and was surprised to hear that his house was wired to U.K. norms. He was talking about a new (secondhand) piece of garage equipment he has bought and was saying how the only problem with it is that the electric motor is right at the limit of the capability of his 13amp fuses and went on to say that a compressor he has of the same rating often blows fuses.
I know nothing about mains electrics and my house was wired (not rewired, there was no wiring) by a professional but I do know that the friend bought his house because it was completely renovated and had nothing for him to do. He is a very good motor mechanic who fabricates a lot of the parts he needs but he has absolutely no interest in household DIY. What I find surprising about this is that when he bought the renovated house the surveys should have picked up the non-conforming electrics. Would the buyer in that case be expected to bring the house up to standard or is knowing that the electrics are wrong sufficient?
Linky or the disjoncteur de branchement, you shouldnât hava access to the cabling in the linky.
If the disjoncteur de branchement just change them
Very unlikely, but possible.
A more likely reason is that if you have had an overhead supply repaired in a hurry (e.g after a storm) that the swap happened at the top of a pole somewhere - Iâve seen this with my own eyes.
If youâre certain about what you say you need to tell ENEDIS but still do a temporary swap at the main DdB.
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I completely get it I have seen some real bad DIY work in the past and I have also seen some real bad work done by so called professionals.
I am planning some major work on the house but as I said I know my limits and I will work with or employ a professional when its right.
The electrical work at the house is not major in my eyes but most of it will be done by an electrician as 4 out of the 7 notifications in my eyes should be done by a professional.
I do appreciate all the advice given but people need to realise when someone says they know what they can do and they know when to get a professional in to do the work they mean exactly that.
For years I have used the same plumber and electrician and we have a great relationship they know what I can do and they know it will be done to a high standard. They also know I wont go beyond my limits and know when I need the professional to take over or to do the whole job.
It may be that when I have the electrician in to do the main jobs I just get them to do all of the work.
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Granted and yes my tense was wrong.
Again I will engage with a professional and if they are happy for me to lay cables then I will do it but if they say no then they get the whole job I would only be saving a 1-2 days work
They have replaced a pole recently but I thought thats just fot telecoms, our box in the wall looks like underground but I could be wrong and its from the pole?
I am not an expert but I would think thatâs for electricity, given that it has insulators on the wires? Not usual on telecoms cables AFAIK.
Are you new to the internet?