red numbers are not moving on power meter, will the meter be accurate?

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A 1kwhr electric heater bar on for an hour would give you a good idea of either under or over useage.Smart meter refusniks will be eventually saddled with a metering bill of approx £60 a year, so you will have to pay for your principles. Thats fair enough as your actions are forcing suppliers to keep a team of meter readers in employment. I am baffled that you dont even want a digital meter, or that you even have a preference as to what type of meter is in your house. Its not your property, neither is it the suppliers
I must admit that 100ths dials not going round is a new one on me. Whenever I have found that happening on the gas meters its stopped it dead. The honest thing to do is to report it to the supplier and cover yourself

happenstance

misterbarlow wrote: »

they wont be mandatory but at some point they will be the only ones all the meter operators will be installing..
so you either decide to have one, or eventually get cut off...!

Could you not buy your own meter and have it fitted by the board?

espresso

happenstance wrote: »

i have an old style meter that's maybe 50 years old and dont want to be "upgraded" to a digital or smart meter.

Why?

happenstance wrote: »

Could you not buy your own meter and have it fitted by the board?

You really are strange!

happenstance

sacsquacco wrote: »

A 1kwhr electric heater bar on for an hour would give you a good idea of either under or over useage.Smart meter refusniks will be eventually saddled with a metering bill of approx £60 a year, so you will have to pay for your principles. Thats fair enough as your actions are forcing suppliers to keep a team of meter readers in employment. I am baffled that you dont even want a digital meter, or that you even have a preference as to what type of meter is in your house. Its not your property, neither is it the suppliers
I must admit that 100ths dials not going round is a new one on me. Whenever I have found that happening on the gas meters its stopped it dead. The honest thing to do is to report it to the supplier and cover yourself

I don't think 60 a year is fair as the meter reading charges are currently built into the pricing structure. If it was fair they would give everyone on "smart" meters a 60 discount as their actions are saving money on a team of meter readers.

It might not be my property but its in my house hence why I have a preference for the tried and tested method.

happenstance

espresso wrote: »

Why?



You really are strange!

http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/

erm thanks

chanz4

happenstance wrote: »

Could you not buy your own meter and have it fitted by the board?

You can if ofgem approved meter, however no supplier will give the required permission to fit

happenstance

chanz4 wrote: »

You can if ofgem approved meter, however no supplier will give the required permission to fit

I see, so if I have a faulty meter its likely they will just replace with the latest model? and that's likely to be smart or dumb?

chanz4

they are all going to be smart capable, however not always going to be activated

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happenstance wrote: »

I see, so if I have a faulty meter its likely they will just replace with the latest model? and that's likely to be smart or dumb?

If you are with BG, most probably it will be a smart, thats where you can use your veto and send the meter fitter packing ( he will only be carrying smart meters) With the others 100% likely they will have your other pet hate, a digital meter. So your options are, stick with your old meter with its fault or accept a smart/digital. If you are adament, you will be able to string it out for years. I have come across people who have had a stopped gas/electric meter for years and the suppliers dont twig at all.

happenstance

sacsquacco wrote: »

If you are with BG, most probably it will be a smart, thats where you can use your veto and send the meter fitter packing ( he will only be carrying smart meters) With the others 100% likely they will have your other pet hate, a digital meter. So your options are, stick with your old meter with its fault or accept a smart/digital. If you are adament, you will be able to string it out for years. I have come across people who have had a stopped gas/electric meter for years and the suppliers dont twig at all.

Thanks much appreciated, I'm with ecotricity but I doubt that makes much difference.

I assume as I have got a meter that is at least 20+ years old, they would not even try to see if it is accurate first and fix it but would just want to replace it?

As my meter is faulty with some static faction numbers, is it possible they would demand I got a new meter installed or cut me off?