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Pay as you go electricity meter oddity
michael432000
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in Energy
Good morning everyone.
I have a pay as you go electricity meter.
It uses a key and I pay for the electricity at a Paypoint outlet.
Supplier is British gas.
I use very little electricity. I have gas for heating and cooking, no washing machine.
Yesterday I went out for about an hour (11am) and before I went I turned off the fridge, the only user of electricity (so nothing on at all), and checked the meter.
It read £14.29.
When I returned an hour later it read £14.06.
I expected it to read £14.29 as I had used no electricity and as far as I am aware, when I changed back to British Gas they stated no standing charge. (I have no paperwork to check that.)
Later I went out again so I switched the electricity off at the mains where the fuses are.
When I returned I had used no electricity, the meter had not changed.
Bit odd because 23p per hour would add up to more than I usually pay.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
I have a pay as you go electricity meter.
It uses a key and I pay for the electricity at a Paypoint outlet.
Supplier is British gas.
I use very little electricity. I have gas for heating and cooking, no washing machine.
Yesterday I went out for about an hour (11am) and before I went I turned off the fridge, the only user of electricity (so nothing on at all), and checked the meter.
It read £14.29.
When I returned an hour later it read £14.06.
I expected it to read £14.29 as I had used no electricity and as far as I am aware, when I changed back to British Gas they stated no standing charge. (I have no paperwork to check that.)
Later I went out again so I switched the electricity off at the mains where the fuses are.
When I returned I had used no electricity, the meter had not changed.
Bit odd because 23p per hour would add up to more than I usually pay.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
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Comments
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You can check how the meter is programmed (with or without standing charge).
Pressing the blue button will change the display - each accompanied by a letter.
Screen F will show if the meter has a standing charge programmed onto it.
The other option is that there is something else using electricity in the house.0 -
Unplug _EVERYTHING_ - and repeat.
If it still shows some usage, and it's not the standing charge, you're reduced to pulling the fuses one by one, and see if that makes the load go away.0 -
BG only charge no standing charge if you have a schlumberger key meter if any other meter manufacturer you will have a daily standing charge.0
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BG only charge no standing charge if you have a schlumberger key meter if any other meter manufacturer you will have a daily standing charge.
Mike, you're almost right.
Schlumberger haven't made meters for a good few years now - what was Schlumberger is now Actaris and this is the name to look out for on the meter (Specifically Actaris KBD).
Conversely if you meter is older and says it was made by Schlumberger you will have a standing charge.0
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