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8th April 2024, 14:31 | #11 | |
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Yes, I'm curious to know too. Two advantages are that the householder doesn't have to read the meters any more and the supplier is less likely to create estimated bills. Quote:
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8th April 2024, 14:36 | #13 |
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We've had smart meters for around ten years now, They've since been upgraded to SMETS2 a few years ago.
It makes sense for us to be on them even more so nowadays to take advantage of cheap overnight tariffs to charge the car.
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8th April 2024, 15:06 | #14 |
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Had a "smart meter" for both gas and electric for years and no problems, I got it from someone called Mum&Dad- called eyes and brain. Chris.S.
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8th April 2024, 15:30 | #15 |
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[QUOTE=macafee2;2993236]what have people got against a smart meter?
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We've had a smart meter for a number of years. It makes it easy for an energy consumer to be aware of their cosumption habbits. Our smart meter eliminated the need for a similar device which I purchased myself and utilised for many years prior and have not noticed any downside to the smart meter.
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Our "smart" meter hasn't talked to the internet for around 4 years now. I have to send the readings in but they say that my readings tally with their smart readings?????
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Having looked at Octopus' description of its Agile tariff, first of all it's optional meaning that the customer has to positively request it. Secondly it's marketed as suitable for customers who don't need to use their cooker between 16.00 and 19.00. I don't therefore see how the Octopus Agile tariff can be used to argue that smart meters are undesirable. Simon
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I understand why some like them but I don't need one and I don't need the hassle that I've read about when these meters stop being so smart. While it is not an offence to have one it is an offence to harass someone which is what is being done. So the harassment is as much a concern as the meters themselves. |
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No smart meters here. It’s a modest place, one floor, one study, one bedroom for actually sleeping in and two others, and the usual two ‘offices’. Plenty of smart though.
I’ve always used the old fashioned method: removal of vacuum cleaner, then the folding steps, then two gardening coats and kneeling to read both meters. With a torch. This immediately followed by on-time uploading to relevant site. I made a change some 6 months ago by actually getting a ‘balance’ figure of my standing on my account. It came as a shock to read a positive figure of nearly 2K. In October. That’s an overpayment beyond that which was required to maintain an averaging seasonal balance. There then followed a suitable, and polite, request for a refund of the Shylock unnecessary overpayments. ‘They’ are not as smart as they think they are. And I’ll fight tooth and nail (figuratively) to retain the control. The accepted use of ‘smart’ is anything but, as it is elsewhere.
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