Smart Meters

QrizB

Bubba_Shaboo said:

QrizB said:

London_Millenial said:

Thanks for your reply. That company doesn't have any stock in at the moment. Can anyone else recommend any IHDs that are relatively well priced?

If you don't mind a bit of a gamble, there are IHDs for sale on eBay at bargain-basement prices. You will then have to ask E.ON to pair it to your smart meter (something they can do, but a relatively unusual request so CS might need it explaining to them).

In this scenario would the pairing be achieved remotely or would an engineer be required to attend?

Remotely. You'll give the details of the IHD to E.ON, they will tell the DCC, the DCC will tell your smart meter to allow that device onto the HAN.

benny5

Don’t know if this is off topic, but I’ve noticed EDF has posted this notice on their site when I select apply for a smart meter.

“We'll let you know as soon as the energy industry has managed to improve the network, and it's possible to install your smart meter”.

Is the roll-out on hold??

QrizB

benny5 said:

Don’t know if this is off topic, but I’ve noticed EDF has posted this notice on their site when I select apply for a smart meter.

“We'll let you know as soon as the energy industry has managed to improve the network, and it's possible to install your smart meter”.

Is the roll-out on hold??

No, that's just you (well, your address / area).

benny5

QrizB said:

benny5 said:

Don’t know if this is off topic, but I’ve noticed EDF has posted this notice on their site when I select apply for a smart meter.

“We'll let you know as soon as the energy industry has managed to improve the network, and it's possible to install your smart meter”.

Is the roll-out on hold??

No, that's just you (well, your address / area).

Well I don’t live in a remote area. So I can only assume that it’s lack of network capacity in my densely populated area.

Mister_G

Unlikely to be a capacity issue, more a radio signal coverage issue.

If you are in the North, then it's the dedicated Arqiva UHF network, or in the South, the O2 mobile network.

benny5

Mister_G said:

Unlikely to be a capacity issue, more a radio signal coverage issue.

If you are in the North, then it's the dedicated Arqiva UHF network, or in the South, the O2 mobile network.

I’m caught between the two then as I’m in the West Midlands.

FreeBear

QrizB said:

London_Millenial said:

Thanks for your reply. That company doesn't have any stock in at the moment. Can anyone else recommend any IHDs that are relatively well priced?

If you don't mind a bit of a gamble, there are IHDs for sale on eBay at bargain-basement prices. You will then have to ask E.ON to pair it to your smart meter (something they can do, but a relatively unusual request so CS might need it explaining to them).

Or get a "whole house" energy monitor from someone like Owl or Energenie. I have a couple of Peacefair PZEM devices hooked up to a home automation system that logs electricity consumption. I find the graphs to be far more informative than an IHD.

Mister_G

benny5 said:

Mister_G said:

Unlikely to be a capacity issue, more a radio signal coverage issue.

If you are in the North, then it's the dedicated Arqiva UHF network, or in the South, the O2 mobile network.

I’m caught between the two then as I’m in the West Midlands.

You'll be covered by the O2 network then

carl.waring

Which is irrelevant as Smart Meters don't use the mobile network. It's more like Zigbee or similar systems. ie They use their own.

Mister_G

carl.waring said:

Which is irrelevant as Smart Meters don't use the mobile network. It's more like Zigbee or similar systems. ie They use their own.

Err, no.  They use the Zigbee network to communicate between the gas and electric meters and the IHD.

To communicate outside of the home they either use the O2 network in the South and Midlands and the dedicated Arqiva UHF network in the North and Scotland.

See here:
Technical information on Smart Meters: Smart Metering - The full story