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QrizB

matt_d
The heat meter and electricity meters I have are a lot more expensive and complicated to fit so you may not want to do that.

Heat meters are relatively complicated, but fitting an electricity meter to an appliance is hardly any more difficult than fitting a plug.

You can buy a meter for £30:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134639430661

matt_drummer

QrizB said:

matt_d
The heat meter and electricity meters I have are a lot more expensive and complicated to fit so you may not want to do that.

Heat meters are relatively complicated, but fitting an electricity meter to an appliance is hardly any more difficult than fitting a plug.

You can buy a meter for £30:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134639430661

Too right they are!

You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find somebody to fit my openergymonitor system is.

I could do it myself but I am unsure how to purge air out of the system after fitting.

If I lived on my own I would go for it but I don't.

No amount of money seems tempting enough to get anybody to fit it for me.

I don't know if it is just me but does anybody else have trouble finding tradesmen that want to work?

I am not difficult and I am quite generous but still no joy.

You would have thought that £300 or £400 for three or four hours on a Saturday morning would be attractive but it seems not to be enough, I don't know what is!

matt_drummer

QrizB said:

matt_d
The heat meter and electricity meters I have are a lot more expensive and complicated to fit so you may not want to do that.

Heat meters are relatively complicated, but fitting an electricity meter to an appliance is hardly any more difficult than fitting a plug.

You can buy a meter for £30:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134639430661

I fitted a ct clamp meter like this, easy as you say and no more complicated than wiring a plug.

foxy33

Just a little postscript on the Heating Plus value..   I have smart meters, Bright, Home Assistant, etc and agree that the functionality of the offering is very limited.  However, it does add an ongoing guarantee to all your system components, and assistance with issues such as hub disconnections, which are unfortunately quite common.  As a longstanding customer I was offered an annual subscription for just under £30 and a free replacement hub for my playing-up one.  If you are in a similar situation, phone their help number and speak to a real UK person rather than use Chat.