Electric Meter

imho

Sorry this a question to stop the argument i am having with my son.
He has storage heaters but doesnt use them and has switched the meter to them off , but not sure if he can do that.Anyway no electric goes through the storage heater meter.Then he has another meter.
He had to call Southern Electric to give them a reading and he says from 11pm at night to early in the morning he will have half price electric ,which we knew about anyway but he says its to the meter he has left on which is the day time meter.
Surely that cant be right as the night time meter should switch over at 11pm to get cheaper electric.
Or have i got it wrong ?
Thank you.

sheffield_lad

Hi yes you have it wrong, he has a standard meter so same rate all the time 24/7 and an off peak meter for his storage heaters and probably immersion.

The only other possibility is if the standard meter is an E7 to find this out check how many reading you can get from that one meter. If its one it's as above if two you have an E7 meter and cheaper rate during the off peak hours.

GL

imho

Hi yes you have it wrong, he has a standard meter so same rate all the time 24/7 and an off peak meter for his storage heaters and probably immersion.& Off peak

But its me saying he cant have cheap electric on the normal meter after 11pm.
Just found his electric bill and even though the storage heaters have been off all winter as he has a coal fire he uses in the winter now and he says the meter is off his bill is separate with 2 meter readings .

macman

So does his bill say 'E7' or not-it should be quite clear?
Are you sure that '2 meter readings' doesn't just mean 1st and 2 tier units? That still applies even on standard rate. What are the actual unit kWh rates quoted on the bill?
If he's on E7 then he is paying a premium rate for all his consumption, if he doesn't use cheap rate E7 .

Wywth

What tariff is your son on?