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  • HelenandTrevor
    HelenandTrevor Forum Participant Posts: 3,221
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    edited June 2016 #32

    I take it you don't want a smart meter then IanUndecided

    We often missed the meter reader on his rounds, they often came during the day and we were both out at work.  Now I don't have to worry.

  • ABM
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    edited June 2016 #33

    Got  my   Load  Of  Guff,  on  Friday  so  now  I  have  to  phone  them  to  arrange  a  date  for  the  fitting  of  the  new  meter.  I  keep  a  reasonably  close  watch  on  the  readings,  costs  etc  anyway  so  it's  unlikely  to  change  that  very 
    much !

    Brian

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #34

    A lot of people have been cut off by the 'smart' meter makng a mistake.

    Not so smart, then....

    And yes, there are a lot of problems with them when changing suppliers. So that's progress then....

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #35

    I take it you don't want a smart meter then IanUndecided

    We often missed the meter reader on his rounds, they often came during the day and we were both out at work.  Now I don't have to worry.

    More a case of not needing one, H&T.

    Why pay for something that does no more than what we get at present? Together with all the potential problems.

    I accept that some people would benefit from being able to see that leaving lights on in unoccupied rooms is a waste......but I don't need a meter to tell me that.

  • brue
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    edited June 2016 #36

    The other reason could be that the old meters go backwards if you have solar panels on your roof (they do honest) on sunny days double whammyWink

    Write your comments here...A bit like cuckoo clocks that forget it's night time?Laughing

  • huskydog
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    edited June 2016 #37

    There has been no extra cost to me , my standing charge and day and night kWh are the same as it was with the old metre , and in the last 6months my supplier has reduced my standing and kWh rate 

  • brue
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    edited June 2016 #38

    Well Ian the people that leave their lights on are bumping up your power costs by consuming more energy so anything that reminds consumers about power wastage might benefit all of us...?

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #39

    The cost is built into all our bills, Huskie.

    Perhaps your reduction wasn't as much as it could have been.

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited June 2016 #40

    The meter didn't cost anything, and our bills have been reduced,  although some of the reduction could be down to youngest son leaving home! Laughing

     

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #41

    The cost is built into all our bills, H&T

  • Vicmallows
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    edited June 2016 #42

    IanH,

    You originally started off by claiming the smart METERS were unreliable. You then changed to saying the telemetry and/or data processing was the problem.  Now it seems it is the overall charging structure which bothers you.  What is your agenda?

  • redface
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    edited June 2016 #43

     'Another reason for installing them could be that in extreme circumstances they could cut off your supply without entering your house.'

     For you r supplier to cut you off they would need to physically attend your property and remove the 'suppliers fuse' - the big one, in the cutout, which is below the meter.

    As for savings, the new meters will benefit the energy suppliers who will no longer have to send a meter reader out every quarter. Only once every two years as a safety check and to ensure that you have not bypassed the meters and getting it for free.

  • Canenriot
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    edited June 2016 #44

    As we live in an area with very little and bordering on to no mobile signal ,we are not able to have a smart meter even if we wanted one.EDF tried to install one despite me telling them there was no mobile signal .However their attitude was they know better
    than me,this resulted in a wasted journey for them.

  • DSB
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    edited June 2016 #45

    I've been very happy with my smart meter.  I can see exactly what I am using, I can compare usage from week to week or month to month and the best part is that I don't have to read the meter.

    David 

  • HelenandTrevor
    HelenandTrevor Forum Participant Posts: 3,221
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    edited June 2016 #46

    The cost is built into all our bills, H&T

    If we are paying for it, may as well have one. Wink

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited June 2016 #47

    I've been very happy with my smart meter.  I can see exactly what I am using, I can compare usage from week to week or month to month and the best part is that I don't have to read the meter.

    David 

    Same here. Happy with our so far too. Happy

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #48

    IanH,

    You originally started off by claiming the smart METERS were unreliable. You then changed to saying the telemetry and/or data processing was the problem.  Now it seems it is the overall charging structure which bothers you.  What is your agenda?

    The smart meters are unreliable because of computer problems and supplier data problems.

    I haven't commented on pricing structures, other than not wanting to pay for something that I don't need.

    What is your agenda, other than to pick an argument?

  • Olliedays
    Olliedays Forum Participant Posts: 29
    edited June 2016 #49

    But with our supplier (First Utility) we submit a reading on the 28th of every month anyway, so have no need for a smart meter.

    The smart electricity meter will collect 48 readings per day, (17,520 per year), this is so that the cost of your consumption can mirror the cost of generating the electricity.  One reading per month is not enough so if you don't move to a smart meter you are
    likely to eventually be left on a legacy high cost tariff which will be assuming that you use energy at the times it costs suppliers the most to purchase.

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