Economy 7 times.

jawa1

New to Economy 7.



Just moved into a new house, First night with the storage heaters on last night.



There is a mechanical clock with all the fuses and a digital meter reading which has rate 1 and rate 2. The time on the mechanical clock dial it out by about 3 hours so it does not come on until about 2am in the morning and I guess is still on when it shouldn’t be.



The question is will I get charged the high rate after 7.30 in the morning for the couple of hours it overruns.



I am guessing I need to sit and watch the meter readings in the morning to find out if the high or low one is changing?

alared

Mechanical clocks do have a habit of losing time.
The only real way to find out when it comes on and off is to do what yiou thought.
Sit and watch it.
My econ 7 starts at 1am and goes off at 8am NO MATTER WHICH SUPPLIER I AM WITH.
Whatever you use between the hours of econ 7 is all you`ll be charged for even if the clock has lost "time",the number of hours off peak will still be the same.

espresso

If E7 coming on at 2:00 AM it should go off at 9:00 AM. Remember that BST ends on the 28 October but your timeswitch will not change.

Terrylw1

Hi,

If it's switching over at 2am it will do so for & hours as E7 meters are 1 7 hour burst on off peak rates. So, yours would be running until 9am.

So, your bill will reflect this because the readings will begin to move upwards for the off peak between these times.

The times can differ by region slightly, this is geographical though, hence not effected by who the Suppier is alared is saying. Your Supplier can tell you the correct times.

vyvyan_2

I moved into this house in July and I've got Economy 7 here too. I haven't put the heating on yet but I use the washing machine at night etc.

I'm with Southern Electric and I emailed them to ask their times for cheap rates and got a reply: GMT - 00:30 to 07:30
BST - 01:30 to 07:30

Other suppliers may vary a bit so it's worth contacting them.

HTH

espresso

vyvyan wrote: »

I moved into this house in July and I've got Economy 7 here too. I haven't put the heating on yet but I use the washing machine at night etc.

I'm with Southern Electric and I emailed them to ask their times for cheap rates and got a reply: GMT - 00:30 to 07:30
BST - 01:30 to 07:30

Other suppliers may vary a bit so it's worth contacting them.

HTH

Those times that you have been given are not necessarily the times that you actually get, so any information that you get by contacting your supplier should only be used as a guide. If you have a mechanical times witch, it may well be inaccurate and if you have a radio teleswitch they can change the switch over time remotely. It is not your supplier who decides the switch over time as previously stated.

Terrylw1

Hi,

The timeswitch is dependant on the type of meter & Meter Operator. Your Supplier has access to something called "Market Domain Data" where the timeswitch for every meter available in the market. If your times don't match the times held in MDD, it is not set correctly.

Your Supplier can also contact the Meter Operator to check this. MDD updates are sent to Suppliers very often so they should always hold the data to advise you.

Regards

dzug

jawa1 wrote: »

New to Economy 7.



Just moved into a new house, First night with the storage heaters on last night.



There is a mechanical clock with all the fuses and a digital meter reading which has rate 1 and rate 2. The time on the mechanical clock dial it out by about 3 hours so it does not come on until about 2am in the morning and I guess is still on when it shouldn’t be.



The question is will I get charged the high rate after 7.30 in the morning for the couple of hours it overruns.



I am guessing I need to sit and watch the meter readings in the morning to find out if the high or low one is changing?

No you won't get charged the high rate for the time it overruns. The only time the meter knows is its clock and that's what it will go by.

badmumof1

hehehehe im with southern electric and my meter is faulty
i get E7 from 4am till 11am which is great cos i can do my washing in the mornings

Terrylw1

Nice one Badmumof1, it's nice to see a customer getting that "extra" we so often don't.

Incidentally, your Supplier will also be paying electricity based on the clock times so they won't be losing out either.

surfsister

Another qestion for you clever people. I have starage heaters and Economy 7. Do I have to have Economy 7 to run storage heaters? Or could I use ordinary day rate? Also does anyone know which is the cheapest Economy 7? What rates are yours? Thanks