My energy provider is pushing me to have a smart meter

badmemory

QrizB said:

badmemory said:

Do you remember the 70 year old couple last year whose gas meter battery ran out in 2 years instead of 10, younger than me, they were left with no gas for a fortnight in mid winter because no-one could be bothered to go & replace the battery.

No I don't.

I do however recall dozens of threads on this forum where gas meter batteries have gone flat and meters have stopped recording usage, but have continued to supply gas.

Can you provide a link to a news report for this story? Because it sounds exactly like the sort of made-up nonsense that gets spread around on social media.

Well it couldn't have been social media because MSE is the closest I get.

ArbitraryRandom

badmemory said:

QrizB said:

badmemory said:

Do you remember the 70 year old couple last year whose gas meter battery ran out in 2 years instead of 10, younger than me, they were left with no gas for a fortnight in mid winter because no-one could be bothered to go & replace the battery.

No I don't.

I do however recall dozens of threads on this forum where gas meter batteries have gone flat and meters have stopped recording usage, but have continued to supply gas.

Can you provide a link to a news report for this story? Because it sounds exactly like the sort of made-up nonsense that gets spread around on social media.

Well it couldn't have been social media because MSE is the closest I get.

I'm going to suggest if you can't remember the details/source then it's most likely you are remembering one of the many stories at the start of the year re people 'stuck' on pre-pay meters - given (as has been pointed out) the default failure state for smart meters isn't to disconnect the supply. Either that or the fault with the meter was something other than the battery.