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In this property listing picture, what kind of meter is this? Dumb, or smart? The landlord isn't
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Just realized the title cut off.
The full title is "In this property listing picture, what kind of meter is this? Dumb, or smart? The landlord isn't back until late next week and wondering if anybody could identify it."0 -
It looks like a smart meter to me. Who is the energy supplier for the property, do you know?
You can top them up online but you'll need to know who is supplying the energy. The landlord should have told you who the supplier is. Unless you are expected to sign up to a supplier yourself?
Just as an example, there's some information in the following link for people who are British Gas customers -
https://www.britishgas.co.uk/help-and-support/bills-and-payments/paying-your-energy-top-up-smart
Seems strange for your landlord not to give all the relevant information for the property. Which looks very nice, btw.Please note - taken from the Forum Rules and amended for my own personal use (with thanks) : It is up to you to investigate, check, double-check and check yet again before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my posts. Although I do carry out careful research before posting and never intend to mislead or supply out-of-date or incorrect information, please do not rely 100% on what you are reading. Verify everything in order to protect yourself as you are responsible for any action you consequently take.0 -
It's not a meter, it's either a thermostat or an IHD.
Whether said IHD (if it is) is connected to a smart meter now or not is anyone's guess.4 -
Hi,that's not a meter, meter probably in chained cupboard below, have you a photie of what's in there?2
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Looks like a programmable thermostat although the picture isn't clear enough to determine exactly what it is.
It wont be a smart meter because a smart meter has to be connected to the mains cabling where it enters the house. It might be an IHD which is a display associated with a smart meter, but again the piccy isn't good enough to identify it.Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers1 -
Blowing the piccie up , it's a thermostat1
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If you can I would ask whether the flat/building is on commercial or domestic tariff(s). If you trawl the forum you will find posts where people have moved only to find that they are paying commercial rates which aren't capped like domestic & the standing charges alone could be £s per day.0
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