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Smart Meter Issues spike at midnight?
HI,
We had a smart meter fitted a week or so ago.
From midnight to 2am we have a spike in both Gas and electricity that is higher than at any other time of the day (weekend and week day) Its costing exactly £0.81 every time across both energy types.
Given my average usage is no more than £3.00 thats nearly 1/3 of my energy bill per month.
As a result I have become a detective and turned EVERYTHING off I mean everything that is plugged in was unplugged, the boiler (4 years old and serviced)' the house was left in darkness and coldness for a night there was nothing possibly left on.
I made sure to stay up between midnight and 2am see if something magical happened.. it didn't.
I just looked at my smart meter in horror as it was showing Amber light and watching my money burn... I was even using a torch at the time, smart meter on battery power..
Does anyone have any idea what is going?
Thanks
Jon
We had a smart meter fitted a week or so ago.
From midnight to 2am we have a spike in both Gas and electricity that is higher than at any other time of the day (weekend and week day) Its costing exactly £0.81 every time across both energy types.
Given my average usage is no more than £3.00 thats nearly 1/3 of my energy bill per month.
As a result I have become a detective and turned EVERYTHING off I mean everything that is plugged in was unplugged, the boiler (4 years old and serviced)' the house was left in darkness and coldness for a night there was nothing possibly left on.
I made sure to stay up between midnight and 2am see if something magical happened.. it didn't.
I just looked at my smart meter in horror as it was showing Amber light and watching my money burn... I was even using a torch at the time, smart meter on battery power..
Does anyone have any idea what is going?
Thanks
Jon
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I don't have a smart meter, so this is nothing more than a guess, but could this be the daily standing charge being applied?0
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Yes, the IHD will add the standing charges as a daily amount but not VAT and will not reflect any other discounts.0
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sacsquacco wrote: »Yes, the IHD will add the standing charges as a daily amount but not VAT and will not reflect any other discounts.
What is IHD?I am not a cat (But my friend is)0 -
Right ok, that makes sense.
Just odd it shows as a reading on the smart meter!
Thanks
Jon0 -
In house display...in other words..the monitor. It wont show on the actual smart meter itself .0
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You say its in amber for 2 hours, what is the hourly cost displayed?
If you look in the 'tarrif' part of the menu it will tell you what your standing charge is.0
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