How to change electric meter

jools002

Sorry if this has been asked before but we're moving into a UK property from an Armed Forces posting overseas. The meter is an Economy 10 meter and we'd like to get it changed to a Standard meter. How would I go about doing this? The current supplier for the property is British Gas and I've not signed up to a new supplier yet. Do I have to sign up with a new supplier who will then change the meter? Thanks.

sheffield_lad

what type of heating has the property got?


is the property still with the army or housing association?

jools002

It's got underfloor heating. There's no gas to the property. It's a new build (well, a year old) and it's this new air circulating system (I don't know what it's called). It's an Army property. They've built them all on an estate but I know that most of the estate are complaining of huge (£160 - £170 a month) electricity bills.

scaredofdebt

Presumably it's got an Economy 7 meter as the property uses more electricity during the night than day to make it worth while - do you have this information? What's the breakdown of night vs day usage?

Simply changing from Eco 7 to a standard meter may not save anything but could in fact cost even more.

Underfloor heating can be very expensive to run.

sheffield_lad

jools002 wrote: »

It's got underfloor heating. There's no gas to the property. It's a new build (well, a year old) and it's this new air circulating system (I don't know what it's called). It's an Army property. They've built them all on an estate but I know that most of the estate are complaining of huge (£160 - £170 a month) electricity bills.

I would be careful when moving away from e10, it sounds like the system needs (requires as much off peak as possible). £160-£170 for a non gas property could be typical depending on the size (IE I would expect this amount in a 3 bed given £125 is the norm for a property of this size with gas/electric (gas is over 3 times cheaper than standard electric).

Maybe speak to the builder or google the heating system.

GL

molerat

If it is genuinely on E10 then the property will probably need some rewiring before a new meter can be fitted. Again if E10 you will have difficulty changing to another supplier as most do not support it.