Power company messed up meter change

SAC2334

FFHillbilly said:

I think the meters communicate with each other, only the electric meter broadcasts a signal so they need to be installed as a pair. I'm sure I've heard that before recently

I have been told by a manager of a meter refurbishing company that smart gas meter installed on its own without the smart electric meter will flatten its battery in a short time as it continues to emit a signal constantly as it tries to lock on to the comms hub .
This is the reason for smart gas meters needing to be exchanged in a matter of a couple of years , and junked , mainly because of its flat battery which costs about £15 to replace 

ariarnia

SAC2334 said:

FFHillbilly said:

I think the meters communicate with each other, only the electric meter broadcasts a signal so they need to be installed as a pair. I'm sure I've heard that before recently

I have been told by a manager of a meter refurbishing company that smart gas meter installed on its own without the smart electric meter will flatten its battery in a short time as it continues to emit a signal constantly as it tries to lock on to the comms hub .
This is the reason for smart gas meters needing to be exchanged in a matter of a couple of years , and junked , mainly because of its flat battery which costs about £15 to replace 

we had someone post on here not long ago that only had a gas meter installed and the coms hub had been installed and connected to the mains separately if i remember right. first time i'd seen that but other posters suggested it happened not infrequently.