New BG gas meter - big chnage in use!

Mike_J

Mid September BG installed a new gas meter in our house. Since the new meter was installed we have not changed any of our normal usage

Beginning of August meter was read and also end October meter also read

Gas usage for 45 days to date of change = 51 units
Gas usges for 41 days since new meter installed = 178 units
Gas usage for 10 days since meter read = 50 units

Quick calc is the new meter is runnign about 4 times faster than old meter. Is new meter faulty, was old meter faulty?

Anybody have anything similiar?

Terrylw1

Hi,

Meters can "speed" but it's not common.

Where did you get your 51 units from? Have you based that on 2 actual readings off the meter or used a previous bill estimate? If an estimate, it will cloud your actual usage.

Could it be seasonal? Are you using your heating a lot more now than the run up to the meter being removed?

If the old meter was faulty, you would be saying it was too slow. Your Suppleir won't be able to get that tested now so why worry. If the new meter is, then yes you should worry because it will continue.

Can't say without more clarification.

Cardew

It is probable that the old meter was Imperial and the new meter will certainly be Metric.

This means a unit on the Imperial meter was 2.83 times 'bigger'(i.e 2.83 x the kWh) than the Metric meter. 1 Imperial unit = approx 32kWh a metric unit = approx 11.5kWh.

Mike_J

All figures are based on actual readings.

Gonna ring them to see what they say and also keep an eye on readings and actual costs. Dont think seasonal as no great change in habit but also that big variations were within the same quarterly bill.

Cardew

As I said above, have you checked that your old meter was Imperial? e.g measured in cubic feet and the new one measures in cubic metres.

That is the usual explanation of your 'problem'!

Canucklehead

Hi

Could you post the make of meter and colour.
For example ours is a George Wilson Industries and a cream colour. U6 is the capacity.
Thanks.

Corgi Guy.

a&akay

Same happened to me and Cardew is likely correct. Multiply the units before change (51) by:
2.83 metric conversion factor
1.02264 volume conversion factor
40.1982 calorific value (this can vary but not significantly)
then divide the answer by
3.6 kWh conversion factor
This should give the kWh of 1641 shown on the bill for that period.

Do the same for post change readings (238) but omit the x2.83 at the start. This should give you the KWh of 2602 shown on the bill post meter change.

In my case the first calculation produced the correct KWh used but the metric meter calculation shows less usage than it should, ie in my favour. I've checked it several times and the company's calculations are wrong.

Sorry. I assumed wrongly that you had a bill but if your account allows you may be able to generate a bill to prove the above.

espresso

Mike_J wrote: »

All figures are based on actual readings.

I agree with what others have said, that you have not actually read the meter correctly.

:rolleyes: