Free Electricity Monitor - Which Electric Provider ?

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  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
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    gazza975526570 wrote: »
    ...Are the plug in ones available anywhere cheap still?
    Still available in many Lidl stores around here for £6.99

    I think everyone who wanted one must have bought theirs from Aldi who beat Lidl to the offer. Aldi sold out very rapidly but Lidl can't seem to shift their stock of them.
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  • liverpoollad75
    liverpoollad75 Posts: 39 Forumite
    shinjukumaster wrote: »
    We have a remote meter (its away in a cupboard), then the main cable comes into our flat. Would those meters still work if the sensor was fitted on the cable not nearby the meter itself?

    I borrowed one from my friend and placed the transmitter in the meter cupboard and put the unit in my flat and it didnt receive the signal :-(
  • Wickedkitten
    Wickedkitten Posts: 1,868 Forumite
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    liverpoollad75 wrote: »
    I borrowed one from my friend and placed the transmitter in the meter cupboard and put the unit in my flat and it didnt receive the signal :-(

    You probably need to pair it
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  • digimate
    digimate Posts: 49 Forumite
    Hiya

    Re your post, i ordered one from the british gas website for my mum (shes with scottish hydro), you dont need to be supplied by them. sorry dont have the link for it but im pretty sure i found in in the MSE forums page of: Freebies, no spend required.

    My mum received hers within a week.:T

    Hope this helps!!

    Dee
  • uptomyeyeballs
    uptomyeyeballs Posts: 575 Forumite
    It's really interesting to check out the kW for each of your household appliances. You may get some surprises.
  • timmmers
    timmmers Posts: 3,743 Forumite
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    Search the freebies boaord...I applied for a kit last week and just got it...from BG when i'm not their customer

    Don't search it's here :-
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1809675

    The pack arrived today and just the standby part is worth having as it's a 5 socket extension too. The monitor is wireless and even comes with batteries which is nice :)

    good luck

    t
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  • URSPINTU
    URSPINTU Posts: 4 Newbie
    E.on are giving away a FREE ENERGY MONITOR
  • SALOPMAN
    SALOPMAN Posts: 521 Forumite
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    We got the EON Free Monitor - its quite eye opening what you use
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  • Marcusp
    Marcusp Posts: 125 Forumite
    Read the meter yourself people

    Not everyone has their electricity meter sitting in their living room. Your meter could be outside, not easily accessable, locked in a cupboard where you have to ask someone for a key, people at a bus stop watching you read your meter, you cannot see it all the time, etc.

    Whereas with the monitor you connect the transmitter to a mains cable next to your meter or even your consumer unit and have the monitor in an easily accessable place such as next to your computer. Or even in the lounge.

    Then you can see at a glance how much electricity you are using and don't have to go downstairs to check if any lights have been left on when your wife goes to her bed.

    I have a spare bedroom where my computer is, it used to be called the computer room, now it is THE COMMAND CENTER.

    It is also more convenient to read compared to the electricity meter outside when it is raining. Who wants to go outside every 5 minutes to read their meter?

    Also when I am in my bed during the night my electricity consumtion is 200 watts per hour. I even have a graph on my computer showing me that.

    I also know what it is so do not need posters posting on here with suggestions on how it is too high and how to get it down.
  • laticsforlife
    laticsforlife Posts: 1,313 Forumite
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    URSPINTU wrote: »
    E.on are giving away a FREE ENERGY MONITOR

    Where do you get that info from? - I am still waiting for mine after switching to them in May (and they said the offer had stopped as they've run out).:mad:
    I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove a thing! ;)
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