Octopus: Action: Your meter is approaching its use-by date

EssexHebridean

@matt_drummer - you might find this helpful - at the top right of your posts, in the blue bar, you will see a cog symbol. Clicking or tapping this gives you the option to edit your post  which will work better than repeatedly quoting and responding to the same post in multiple replies. (As aside from anything else doing that can also be seen as “post building” by some - and could get you reported for that to the forum team.  HTH! 

matt_drummer

Sorry.

When I quote it just includes everything, if I try to remove parts I then can't say anything.

I'll try to do something about it and ask for assistance if I get stuck.

Thank you for the heads up about `post building'. I'm not really sure what that is but I guess the clue is in the name! I can't see why anybody would do that as there aren't any rewards for posting comments.

peter3hg

Of minor interest the OP's meter was originally only certified for 25 years. It was up to 40 years by the earliest version of the schedule I can find from July 2015 and went to the current 45 years in the January 2020 update.
This increase in certified life must be through in use testing showing it is a reliable meter and must also mean there are enough still in use to enable that testing and to make it worth someone's while to get the certification extended.

EssexHebridean

matt_drummer said:

Sorry.

When I quote it just includes everything, if I try to remove parts I then can't say anything.

I'll try to do something about it and ask for assistance if I get stuck.

Thank you for the heads up about `post building'. I'm not really sure what that is but I guess the clue is in the name! I can't see why anybody would do that as there aren't any rewards for posting comments.

Editing the post means you can go back and add the parts you subsequently want to put in in replies. 

Spoonie_Turtle

matt_drummer said:

Sorry.

When I quote it just includes everything, if I try to remove parts I then can't say anything.

The best thing to do is start typing underneath, then go back to highlight/remove what you need to.  As long as there's at least one character under the quote body you can then continue typing underneath afterwards (even if it's just a space).

It also jumps back into the quote box if you use autocorrect/complete for the first word on a phone or tablet keyboard.  So annoying!

ariarnia

matt_drummer said:

Sorry.

When I quote it just includes everything, if I try to remove parts I then can't say anything.

im sure anyone here will help if we can (essex and spoonie already have and i hope its been useful) but this is the part of the forum if you have more problems like that 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/site-feedback

matt_drummer

ariarnia said:

im sure anyone here will help if we can (essex and spoonie already have and i hope its been useful) but this is the part of the forum if you have more problems like that 

I have sorted it, see

Thank you.

pochase

peter3hg said:

Of minor interest the OP's meter was originally only certified for 25 years. It was up to 40 years by the earliest version of the schedule I can find from July 2015 and went to the current 45 years in the January 2020 update.
This increase in certified life must be through in use testing showing it is a reliable meter and must also mean there are enough still in use to enable that testing and to make it worth someone's while to get the certification extended.

I think you got confused with a second poster in the middle of the thread who had his meter since 1960 and it was recertified later. This meter also "only" had 40 years certification.

The OPs meter has 45 years and from the evidence seems to have been certified in 1990. 

Annemos

Oh my word. The day after we were having this chat, I watched on Film 4, the Steven Spielberg film:   A I  Artificial intelligence. 

It was so creepy. The family took in an android robot boy.  

All the folks on here who like all the technology..... please do not ask me to have a humanoid robot in my house!  

peter3hg

pochase said:

peter3hg said:

Of minor interest the OP's meter was originally only certified for 25 years. It was up to 40 years by the earliest version of the schedule I can find from July 2015 and went to the current 45 years in the January 2020 update.
This increase in certified life must be through in use testing showing it is a reliable meter and must also mean there are enough still in use to enable that testing and to make it worth someone's while to get the certification extended.

I think you got confused with a second poster in the middle of the thread who had his meter since 1960 and it was recertified later. This meter also "only" had 40 years certification.

The OPs meter has 45 years and from the evidence seems to have been certified in 1990. 

No, I'm looking at the S200.31 meter that the OP has.

You can see the certification period of 25 years here - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1566/made

2015 certification of 40 years is here- https://web.archive.org/web/20151007174953/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447265/Schedule_4_-_15th_July_2015.pdf