A Question for Meter Readers

Cardew

There is a discussion in the ASHP thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/702257 about readings on a meter.

Someone has posed this question:

Anyway can someone make sense of these?

The first meter reading on 1. was 17374.24

1. 17375.91 (so in one 24 hour period that should be 1.67 units)
2. 17378.07 (2.16 units used)
3. 17380.07 (2.63 units)
4. 17384.29 (3.59 units)
5. 17385.85 (1.56 units)
6. 17390.18 (4.33 units)
7. 17393.09 (2.91 units)
8. 17396.61 (3.52 units)
9. 17399.44 (2.83 units)

This is for all electricity including an ASHP, clearly it cannot be 24kWh for 9 days!

Further information by the poster:

Its a small digital meter that displays one number at a time, the numbers above are the 1. setting which I was told is the day time rate (so displayed as No 1 - 17399.44)

2. is meant to be Econ 7 but we don't have that now as according to E.ON if someone is home all day it makes the day time rate more expensive (so displayed as 2 - 28281.00)

and thirdly there is a set of numbers that doesn't have a display number

( this one displayed as 45680.44)

Any ideas please?

WestonDave

If you add (1) to (2) you get the one without the display number - which in this instance is the relevant number. We used to have a meter like this in one of our offices - setting 1 is daytime rate, setting 2 is night rate, and the third set is combined usage. Its quite possible that the meter is still recording units split into day and night time zones, but if its being billed as one rate then the relevant number is both added together. What appears to be missing here (probably because the poster didn't think night rate was relevant) is the corresponding readings for the 2 rate.

(NB night and day rates could be the other way round which might make more sense here, but in essence its the third set which is relevant here).

Having followed the link after posting I see you've already figured this out - sorry!

Inspectorman

Are they giving Eon the R1 as the total? They should be giving the third screen for the total usage. R1 in this case looks like it is set up as the low/night rate (considering the usage) and R2 is the day.

Probably an Ampy 5235 installed going by the description.

Sometimes a supplier will keep an E7 meter in and bill it at single rate (by adding the two up) but not very often. I'm replacing more and more of them these days.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Ampy 5235 pic here