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Are My new British Gas Meter's Smets 2

cosmicraider
cosmicraider Posts: 4 Newbie
in Energy
New gas and electricity meters installed recently Will they be smets 2 ?

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  • Wolf3
    Wolf3 Posts: 216 Forumite
    I very much doubt it.......the last i heard SMETS 2 wasn't wasn't likely to be introduced until the summer of 2017
  • MeterMan
    MeterMan Posts: 433 Forumite
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    does the electric meter have E470 on it? If so, then no.
  • jackandcoke
    jackandcoke Posts: 66 Forumite
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    nope. late 2017
    Honest? Probably......sort of.
  • jackandcoke
    jackandcoke Posts: 66 Forumite
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    Wolf3 wrote: »
    I very much doubt it.......the last i heard SMETS 2 wasn't wasn't likely to be introduced until the summer of 2017

    yep that correct. currently.
    Honest? Probably......sort of.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    edited 28 July 2016 at 6:49PM
    MeterMan wrote: »
    does the electric meter have E470 on it? If so, then no.

    MeterMan have you any idea what model number a SMETS2 electric meter will show ? , and what has to be added to the E470 to make it SMETS2 compliant ?
    Maybe it just needs an internal change on the module in the meter and could even be updated without exchanging the meter.
  • cosmicraider
    cosmicraider Posts: 4 Newbie
    MeterMan wrote: »
    does the electric meter have E470 on it? If so, then no.

    Yes E470 and G470
  • MeterMan
    MeterMan Posts: 433 Forumite
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    edited 29 July 2016 at 6:37AM
    cosmicraider wrote: »
    Yes E470 and G470

    Its not smets2 unfortunately. I have not yet heard of any small scale trials for fitting smets2 either.
    sacsquacco wrote: »
    MeterMan have you any idea what model number a SMETS2 electric meter will show ? , and what has to be added to the E470 to make it SMETS2 compliant ?
    Maybe it just needs an internal change on the module in the meter and could even be updated without exchanging the meter.

    I believe its a physical change in meter, because all this stuff is still in the air, i think its very cloak and dagger.

    I have been told that the meter is much quicker to commission, and more like the 2b meters to commission than the current batch. Also been told that the communication hub is attached to the meter, but can be removed if the installer needs to do so.
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