Eco 7 clock wrong

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Hi,

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

- are these still being fitted ? or are they legacy clocks, no longer installed / renewed ?

I wouldn't think they are being fitted nowadays, most new installations will be controlled through the meter via a teleswitch.

mattcanary

Some modern meters don;t have an inbuilt timeswitch.

LKooks like Avotcet Girl's meter does have an inbuilt timeswitch - but is now slow or fast /been set at the wrong time by the meter changer when it was fitted. .

Richie-from-the-Boro

Correct me if I'm wrong but a full 100% of all modern E7 specified meters are Telemetry controlled and are completely out of the control of the householder, what is downstream of that meter is irrelevant, the leccy and the price of the leccy is controlled by your supplier.

So its irrelevant whether you have a clock or a switch or a clock with a timeswitch, or three clocks each with timeswitches, all upstream costs and duration are controlled by the supplier even in the case where the leccy company even where the home does not have a proper spec meter and the two totals are aggregated.

Until the O/P tells us which meter [ not timeswitch ] they have we will never know, additionally the meter below have been fitted for nigh on 30 years so its unlikely one fitted as avocetgirl has stated in the last 5 years will be any different, unless the provider is using aggregated night / day billing in which case they don't need the Radio 4 time signal.

LittleMissAspie

avocetgirl wrote: »

We don't have storage heaters and have combi boiler and gas oven so we aren't really gaining alot!

Same here and we also have an E7 meter, I think our house was built with electric heating but we have gas now. I did the sums and worked out that we are actually a few pounds a month better off with the E7 tariff, I don't know how as we have our showers in peak time and I rarely remember to put any laundry on overnight. Maybe our clock is wrong too.

You need to note your usage and work out what it would cost you on a standard tariff, you might be surprised.

Cardew

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

additionally the meter below have been fitted for nigh on 30 years

My house was built 23 years ago and the timer is like the one shown in post #5.

my Meter is as shown here:

http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/economy-7/

When the 'cam' is operated by the timer the supply is switched over to read on the off-peak display and back again 7 hours later.

There is no compensation for Daylight Saving Time so in summer the switching is an hour later.

avocetgirl

Our is like post #14 you press the buttons to do the readings and then the final readings are date and time! Like I said the time (digitally) is 3 1/2 hours till 10.30 am in the morning. We moved from E7 years ago as we were told we would be better off without! I'm sure we would be now if it wasn't for the clock being wrong!!! EDF won't charge standard rates on a E7 meter for some stupid reason but do I take advantage of the incorrect time or tell them to change the meter!!!

spiro

avocetgirl wrote: »

EDF won't charge standard rates on a E7 meter for some stupid reason but do I take advantage of the incorrect time or tell them to change the meter!!!

The answer to this is that you get you last years worth of bills and add up what you have paid on the E7 tariff. You then take the total units used over the year (day & night) and recalculate the bill using their 24/7 prices remembering to apply any discounts. That will tell you which is cheaper. For a simplier calculation you can just use costs before discounts for both.

Kane99uk

avocetgirl wrote: »

EDF won't charge standard rates on a E7 meter for some stupid reason but do I take advantage of the incorrect time or tell them to change the meter!!!

They shouldn't need to change the meter - if it's a recent one like that pictured above, they should be able to reset it to the correct time.

With regards to the E7 / standard rate issue, if you have a two rate meter, generally they will charge you E7 prices. If you want a single price, just ask them to change you to a single rate tariff if you aren't happy with E7.

Cardew

Kane99uk wrote: »

They shouldn't need to change the meter - if it's a recent one like that pictured above, they should be able to reset it to the correct time.

With regards to the E7 / standard rate issue, if you have a two rate meter, generally they will charge you E7 prices. If you want a single price, just ask them to change you to a single rate tariff if you aren't happy with E7.

Some companies will not put you on a single rate tariff with an E7 meter - you must have a new meter and they usually charge for the meter change.

Others BG and EON for example will have you on a single rate tariff with an E7 meter

Kane99uk

Cardew wrote: »

Some companies will not put you on a single rate tariff with an E7 meter - you must have a new meter and they usually charge for the meter change.

True enough, can all depend on the type of meter you have at home. If you have a dial meter, you probably won't be able to change. If you have an electronic meter like the OP, then you should be able to request that it be reprogrammed to a single rate tariff - this would still require an engineer visit most of the time, so would likely incur a cost though.