Timely Reminder - Meter Tariffs Still on GMT - Adjustments Needed ?

Raxiel

Coming back to this thread because, this morning, my meter switched from R02 to R01 at 9AM BST (8AM GMT) a 90 minute jump from where it was before.

I even confirmed it on the meter itself in case it was the IHD glitching but that agreed.

I've no idea why its changed, or why it changed now. Before smart meters I had a radio switch that allowed the exact switch times to be controlled by the DNO, perhaps there's some smart equivalent?

Makes no difference to me with my tariff, but just goes to show that apparently you can't take anything for granted.

Swipe

Raxiel said:

Coming back to this thread because, this morning, my meter switched from R02 to R01 at 9AM BST (8AM GMT) a 90 minute jump from where it was before.

I even confirmed it on the meter itself in case it was the IHD glitching but that agreed.

I've no idea why its changed, or why it changed now. Before smart meters I had a radio switch that allowed the exact switch times to be controlled by the DNO, perhaps there's some smart equivalent?

Makes no difference to me with my tariff, but just goes to show that apparently you can't take anything for granted.

Well spotted. And another reason not to hide your IHD away in a draw. 

dunstonh

As someone who's meter time moves 2-3 times a year due to a fault, I always check it monthly when I do the meter reading.

We are not on circuit switching but timers.   So, the time is important.    And the timers, as expected, do not change with BST.  They remain on GMT all through the year.

Scot_39

As prompted by the recent @Rose1001 question re her new E10 off peak times not changing.

Just a friendly reminder to others who may need to tweak any preset timers on devices - that may be set to auto adjust for DST

QrizB

Scot_39 said:

Just a friendly reminder to others who may need to tweak any preset timers on devices - that may be set to auto adjust for DST

Most of my smart home stuff is controlled via my ZigBee hub, which seems to handle GMT/BST seamlessly.

My battery inverter doesn't change, despite being notionally connected to the internet, so I have to poke buttons on that myself.

Oh, and then there's the clock in my car ...

Scot_39

Yes my watch - and my old car clock - it has a GMT / DST button in the submenu - despite the base time itself syncing off radio - both need manual intervention. 

But some big items can be set to adjust iirc - like iirc at least one of the electronic timers on either Elnur or Dimplex NSH in single wired modes.

Phones4Chris

badger09 said:

Apologies for slight hijack but a tangential question from me. 

It appears the usage data in my Bright app is still based on GMT, rather than BST. I haven’t noticed this before as smart meters only installed end of September last year & I wasn’t so focussed. 

Will it correct itself?

Not a hijack at all, a very relevant point. In the past the Bright App has NOT adjusted/corrected tariff timings but your phone of course has. This only matters if you are taking notice of Cost info rather than Usage in kWh, I might manually adjust my Bright tariff timings in a couple of days if things don't change again this year, see my post at https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81375174/#Comment_81375174