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SJMALBA

Now that Guy Lipman's Smart Meter Data Viewer site is no longer operational, is there anywhere else that I can easily/instantly confirm whether there are any gaps in my data (website, as I don't have a smart phone)?

MeteredOut

SJMALBA said:

Now that Guy Lipman's Smart Meter Data Viewer site is no longer operational, is there anywhere else that I can easily/instantly confirm whether there are any gaps in my data (website, as I don't have a smart phone)?

Not instantly, but you can register with n3rgy.com as a consumer and download you're data, then manually check.

Slinky

Not instant, but will tell you about data up to yesterday. https://www.octopriceuk.app/tracker  You can run this on a pc. There's a Data checker on the list if you click on the top right to get the dropdown.

SJMALBA

Slinky said:

Not instant, but will tell you about data up to yesterday. https://www.octopriceuk.app/tracker  You can run this on a pc. There's a Data checker on the list if you click on the top right to get the dropdown.

That's the kind of thing I'm looking for - thanks.

SJMALBA

Damn - there's a gap showing this month, when we had power cut - can this be corrected?

masonic

SJMALBA said:

Damn - there's a gap showing this month, when we had power cut - can this be corrected?

It is unlikely there will be data available if you had a power cut. Is it recent enough that you can submit manual reads for the day of the gap and the day after?

SJMALBA

masonic said:

SJMALBA said:

Damn - there's a gap showing this month, when we had power cut - can this be corrected?

It is unlikely there will be data available if you had a power cut. Is it recent enough that you can submit manual reads for the day of the gap and the day after?

It's just 1 half-hour 'gap' last Saturday - my online account has usage data for the half-hour before, and after.

Why can't (so-called) smart meters correctly identify that no electricity was used because of the power cut, rather than reporting missing data?

masonic

SJMALBA said:

masonic said:

SJMALBA said:

Damn - there's a gap showing this month, when we had power cut - can this be corrected?

It is unlikely there will be data available if you had a power cut. Is it recent enough that you can submit manual reads for the day of the gap and the day after?

It's just 1 half-hour 'gap' last Saturday - my online account has usage data for the half-hour before, and after.

Why can't (so-called) smart meters correctly identify that no electricity was used because of the power cut, rather than reporting missing data?

It can't tell the difference between a power cut and someone tampering with it. It wouldn't have been able to measure the actual consumption if it wasn't powered. The smart thing to do is to own up to not knowing.

SJMALBA

masonic said:

SJMALBA said:

masonic said:

SJMALBA said:

Damn - there's a gap showing this month, when we had power cut - can this be corrected?

It is unlikely there will be data available if you had a power cut. Is it recent enough that you can submit manual reads for the day of the gap and the day after?

It's just 1 half-hour 'gap' last Saturday - my online account has usage data for the half-hour before, and after.

Why can't (so-called) smart meters correctly identify that no electricity was used because of the power cut, rather than reporting missing data?

It can't tell the difference between a power cut and someone tampering with it. It wouldn't have been able to measure the actual consumption if it wasn't powered. The smart thing to do is to own up to not knowing.

Another bill messed up, and load-shifting a complete waste of time and effort, because of a momentary power cut, and the inability of 'smart meters' to deal with a not uncommon occurrence... Words fail me. 😡

BarelySentientAI

SJMALBA said:

masonic said:

SJMALBA said:

masonic said:

SJMALBA said:

Damn - there's a gap showing this month, when we had power cut - can this be corrected?

It is unlikely there will be data available if you had a power cut. Is it recent enough that you can submit manual reads for the day of the gap and the day after?

It's just 1 half-hour 'gap' last Saturday - my online account has usage data for the half-hour before, and after.

Why can't (so-called) smart meters correctly identify that no electricity was used because of the power cut, rather than reporting missing data?

It can't tell the difference between a power cut and someone tampering with it. It wouldn't have been able to measure the actual consumption if it wasn't powered. The smart thing to do is to own up to not knowing.

Another bill messed up, and load-shifting a complete waste of time and effort, because of a momentary power cut, and the inability of 'smart meters' to deal with a not uncommon occurrence... Words fail me. 😡

They were going to be able to understand and report power cuts, but the tinfoil hat brigade got in the way with their complaints of 'spying' and 'excessive tracking' so that function was removed.  No power now equals no record.