Ovo smart meter

spacesaver90

I am sorry, I have confused you. There is 2 red lights, one is a big one which is the one that indicates usage i.e flickers faster and faster with higher usage the 2nd one is a WAN one which says its for a wireless network.

I am unsure if that means the signal that is going to the supplier or is it transmitting to the IHD, there is a HAN which is a home access network for devices that can report their usage to the meter.

There is a 3rd one with a lighting bolt that is always on green.

System

Thanks for the clarification.

walktohere

WAN = Link to OVO Server
HAN= Link to Home Display
and Lighting is if power is off

the other lower red light is KWH rate:eek:

[Deleted User]

No sims in latest smarts, they are all "hubs " ( whatever that is ) A smart meter is an excellent meter in its own right as the monitor is better and more accurate than the usual energy monitors.They wont display usage in cash

System

So how's it going?. The Govt is happy but The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee is not; (Apr 2015)

Summary

Smart meters, which allow energy suppliers to get remote electricity and gas readings from
households and businesses using mobile phone-type signals and wireless technologies,
should benefit customers through savings from energy usage and efficiency. In 2013 we
first looked at the Government’s programme to roll-out smart meters to 100% of UK
homes and businesses by 2020. This inquiry reviewed the progress of the roll-out and we
have been disappointed by the ongoing policy delivery challenges which the Government
has failed to resolve:

• Technical communication problems with multiple occupancy and tall buildings which
should have been resolved by now

• Compatibility problems between different suppliers and different meters

• A slow start to full engagement with the public on meter installation and long-term use

• A delay by the Government-appointed communications infrastructure company which
has further set back confidence in the programme

• A reluctance to improve transparency by publishing the Major Project Authority’s
assessments on the smart meter programme

These policy problems are symptomatic of a national programme that the Government has
left largely to suppliers and failed to drive forward effectively. Consequently, we do not
believe that near-universal smart meter roll-out will be achieved by 2020. Without
significant and immediate changes to the present policy, the programme runs the risk of
falling far short of expectations. At worst it could prove to be a costly failure. The
Government must urgently seek industry-wide solutions to the technical challenges that
remain. It should also give serious consideration to whether it is possible to reduce costs to
consumers by streamlining the roll-out of smart meters, perhaps through more active
participation of network companies. For the Government to succeed with this nationwide
project, it must now grip the reins and take a more active role to support the industry-led
roll-out. Getting it right will eventually cut energy usage and bills for 30 million homes and
businesses in the UK. Getting it wrong risks embarrassment for the Government through
public disengagement with a flagship energy policy and a costly missed opportunity.

REMEMBER: it's our money (£11.2Bn) that's paying for this project.

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"Near universal roll out for 2020 " by "near "do they mean 65% .The Politicians in their wisdom deemed it optional to even have one..so straightaway they ve failed. Its going to be an expensive failure ..and its their fault for being so lily livered. I meet so many on my rounds who say they re not having one and plenty more where the electric meter either wont fit or the meter fitters can t get at the meters. I think they should call the whole shebang off.unless its compulsory it won t work properly.Fitting the smarts is costing an absolute fortune with meter fitters driving all over just to fit maybe 5 meters a day. Mine drove from Grimsby to Doncaster, then forgot a part and had to drive another 30 miles to Brigg depot and back.
the only way to fit them properly and cost effective was to do all suppliers in the street or block of flats in one go.They did that when the card token electric meters were all changed to key meters.At the moment each supplier messes about themselves fitting them willy nilly in a chaotic manner..Letting the DNO s take charge they would all be fitted by now

jeanlecy

hello, i know how to solve this issue of smart meter compatibility between suppliers. it's a free solution but it is from a commercial provider rather than government. but it means you can retain smart functionality and still switch when you like. message me if you're interested.

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jeanlecy wrote: »

hello, i know how to solve this issue of smart meter compatibility between suppliers. it's a free solution but it is from a commercial provider rather than government. but it means you can retain smart functionality and still switch when you like. message me if you're interested.

You can keep some smart meter functionality but not anything to do with billing as it wont know your tariff if you switch.So far there is no smart switching available in the UK even using exactly the same meter. It will work as a superior energy monitor only.Maybe it can work through an app where you imput your kwhr tariff to give accurate cash use hourly , daily , weekly as it would with the supplier before you switched

tangoev

We did the exact opposite and moved from OVO to Scottish Power. After a year Scottish Power now say that they cant read Smart Meters. In fact they send a meter reader round and he had never seen a Smart Meter. Clueless in every aspect.
Smart Meters give no real benefit. They do not help lower you usage. It just makes the meter reading easier for the supplier. This assume that consumers are stupid and cant read a meter. The fact that you cant move a Smart Meter to another company is ludicrous.
We have now asked Scottish Power to replace the Smart Meter with a dump meter for gas and two dump meters for standard and eco 7 power to keep our Leaf charged.

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tangoev wrote: »

We did the exact opposite and moved from OVO to Scottish Power. After a year Scottish Power now say that they cant read Smart Meters. In fact they send a meter reader round and he had never seen a Smart Meter. Clueless in every aspect.
Smart Meters give no real benefit. They do not help lower you usage. It just makes the meter reading easier for the supplier. This assume that consumers are stupid and cant read a meter. The fact that you cant move a Smart Meter to another company is ludicrous.
We have now asked Scottish Power to replace the Smart Meter with a dump meter for gas and two dump meters for standard and eco 7 power to keep our Leaf charged.

Scot Power meter reader would nt have seen Ovos Secure Liberty meter. Only Ovo and Utilita fit these meters, free.Taking them out is a different matter.I ve checked their T and C s and havent found anything about them removing them for free but read on another forum they were wanting £100 to switch back to meters that the others can support. People are nt stupid, they can all read a simple meter but not when its bottom of a cupboard covered completely so they end up just accepting a notional direct debit for a year or two .Then they appear on here bleating about a £1000 catch up bill owed to their suppliers . Believe it or not, many think that the direct debit is their actual bill of full usage.Smarts end all this and would stop many force fit expensive prepayment meters and more debts to consumers paying top price for their energy.