Smart meter

r2015

You will if you decide to switch as you will have to start reading the meters again

So what. .

fierystormcloud

Hengus wrote: »

Search smart meters on this forum and you will find many threads on this subject. BG will be offering you a SMETS1- compliant meter which means that the meter will revert to dumb status should you decide to switch. SMETS2- compliant meters should start rolling out late next year. This will have full switching capability. Personally, I would wait.

PS this meter is costing you about £400 - your share of the £12Bn roll out cost. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT A SMART METER even if the supplier suggests otherwise.

This ^ Wouldn't have a smart meter if you paid me. The people I know who have had them, have had nothing but misery and bother with them. They're not compulsory; say no.

Pincher wrote: »

Just say NO.

Reason? I am very happy submitting readings once a month.
Everything is ticking along perfectly. Any smart device is just going to introduce some bizarre complication I don't need.

:T Agree. ^ If it ain't broke don't fix it. We have had normal credit meters since forever. They work fine. Smart meters need consigning to the history books.

Rubidium wrote: »

No you don't because they are simply trying to offload useless first generation meters to meet roll out quotas that they have agreed.

The smart meter program has been running for many years now and it still a complete mess with many problems still yet to be resolved.

If you do accept a smart meter now, you could well be stuck with an old one for many years. They will eventually get around to upgrading it to the later spec that is compatible with the DCC and switching suppliers but if you already have a smart meter, there will be millions ahead of you in the queue that will be dealt with first.

No other country has made such a monumental mess of introducing smart meters and we are all paying for this incompetence.

There are good valid reasons that the majority on here recommend that you refuse until they sort out their mess, which could still be years off.

Say NO you know it makes sense!

Again :T ^ Couldn't agree more.

Have to say, I do get very amused by people getting all het up by people bashing smart meters. :rotfl: Were they involved in the creation of them or something?!

lstar337

fierystormcloud wrote: »

Have to say, I do get very amused by people getting all het up by people bashing smart meters. :rotfl: Were they involved in the creation of them or something?!

I only get 'het up' when people try to claim they send out mind altering boogy waves, or the data is sent to burglars who are too tech savvy to simply sit and watch to find out when you leave the house, or that they read extra usage so the nasty energy companies can make more profit. :rotfl:

Pretty much the same way I get 'het up' with most of the other BS that gets liberally spread around this forum all day long.

Personally, I would refuse a smart meter currently as they are all SMETS1. When the SMETS2 rollout begins you can count me in. It'll be nice to get accurate billing without monthly read submissions.

System

If a supplier writes to you and tells you you need a new meter..you need a new meter ! does nt matter what flavour it is, you are obliged to have this meter installed.Take your pick then from a £5 quid crapola little Landys and Gyr meter or a smart meter which at least will do a bit of work for you.A meter fitter will be making TWO trips to your house whatever you decide .The SMET2 s could be, and probably will be up to 10 years before it makes it to your house so at least you can have a fit and forget meter that is doing a bit of work for you getting the bills 100% spot on if you stick to the same suppliers best tariffs .Very few of these meters go wrong but thousands of the cheap L and G cheapos are always blowing every week.Thats why they cost a fiver and a smart meter costs £200 and it comes with a new gadget to play with for a few weeks.
Smart meters will be made obligatory as they have in most of Europe, may as well get one and stop making a fuss over nothing

Rubidium

House_Martin wrote: »

If a supplier writes to you and tells you you need a new meter..you need a new meter ! does nt matter what flavour it is, you are obliged to have this meter installed.Take your pick then from a £5 quid crapola little Landys and Gyr meter or a smart meter which at least will do a bit of work for you.A meter fitter will be making TWO trips to your house whatever you decide .The SMET2 s could be, and probably will be up to 10 years before it makes it to your house so at least you can have a fit and forget meter that is doing a bit of work for you getting the bills 100% spot on if you stick to the same suppliers best tariffs .Very few of these meters go wrong but thousands of the cheap L and G cheapos are always blowing every week.Thats why they cost a fiver and a smart meter costs £200 and it comes with a new gadget to play with for a few weeks.
Smart meters will be made obligatory as they have in most of Europe, may as well get one and stop making a fuss over nothing

Most fantasy rubbish from the sole MSE smart meter evangelist continuing his mission!

The energy company reps also like to inform us of their supposed advantages but avoid posting any useful factual information about them because we obviously know more about them than they do, glibly referring us to their companies website propaganda.

st999

What we need is a smart meter reading supplier who gets the meter reading at, say, 9 am, then bills you by text or email and takes the exact money from your bank account before midnight the same day, every day, that way you will never be in debit or credit by more than one day.

Then you could get a discount for paying daily instead of monthly.

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@st999
Daily payments would be more expensive as the supplier has to pay transaction fees for every bank transaction. Currently on Direct Debit, there is only 1 fee a month, not the 30 you advocate.

st999

Currently on Direct Debit, there is only 1 fee a month, not the 30 you advocate.

So why can we not pay quarterly and get a bigger discount than monthly DD because there will only be 4 bank charges a year?

After all that is how I first started to pay for my energy 50 odd years ago.