How to pick out the ECV, the handover checks that let a user shut the gas off unaided, and the faults that defeat it.
The emergency control valve (ECV) is the hand-operated valve at or near the meter inlet that shuts off gas to the whole installation. A meter installation is arranged so the user can reach it and turn it, without tools, the moment they need to.
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