Money Moral Dilemma: Should I report my broken meter to my energy supplier?

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Ezorqs wrote: »

I'd wait for the meter reader to come round. It's their job to notice if there's something wrong with the meter.

You have no technical knowledge to know whether the meter is broken or in good working order. It may look like it has stopped, but then you don't know how it works or how it is measuring the electricity.

As long as you give them the reading diligently every month, then you are informing them by default that there is probably something wrong, you aren't lying, you're just reading the meter.

Maybe, just maybe... they'll install a better meter.

Do I think the Big Six screw us all over more than they should? Yes.

You do actually - put the kettle on and look at the meter - It will say "NO LOAD" if it is faulty! The meter reading part is in parallel to the leccie input and output so if it fails the leccie keeps going anyway! Its like a multimeter in operation!