♥️ I love my digital but dumb meter because........

Reed_Richards

I'm afraid I never did love mine.  But AFAIK it never went wrong, despite looking suspiciously like a type that is known to be prone to malfunction. 

Does anyone have a reason to love this type of meter or are they universally unloved?   

MultiFuelBurner

I guess they sit in the middle of love and hate and a bit (non)

Like the middle child?

Although I am honoured that my ❤️ as a question opener has taken off 💙

cannugec5

I love my digital but dumb meter because it is a step towards a digital and smart meter. Even if that is only a small step and the next one required is a big one and a long way off! 

My digital but dumb meter gives me hope !

markin

Smart meter but in dumb mode are going to feel left out.

Gerry1

I love my digital but dumb digital electricity meter because:-

★ It can't cut me off

★ It can't ration me to a kW or two at any given time

★ It can offer me lower rates overnight albeit with a higher day rate, but the choice is mine (No Surge Pricing, no Block Tariffs)

★ The display has big bold characters that are easy to read from a distance

★ Could be read remotely by home CCTV

★ There is no decimal point that can be overlooked and lead to serious overcharging

★ There are only three readings: R1, R2 and the Total

★ Someone with mobility difficulties could use a walking stick to press the button to change between readings

★ It doesn't reveal times when my property is unoccupied

★ No possibility of an internal relay overheating, causing a fire under the stairs and trapping people upstairs

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I love my digital but dumb mechanical gas meter because:-

★ It can't cut me off

★ It can't ration me to a kW or two at any given time

★ Impossible to record any consumption when gas is not flowing

★ Very unlikely to over-record consumption

★ Permanent display has big bold characters that are very easy to read even by moonlight

★ Non volatile memory

★ No decimal point that can be overlooked and lead to serious overcharging

★ The red numbers and red dial make it obvious that they should be ignored when sending readings

★ No buttons that need to be pushed

★ Can't send an inappropriate reading (e.g. kWh)

★ It doesn't reveal times when my property is unoccupied

★ Could be read remotely by home CCTV

★ No battery that can fail early, behave intermittently misbehave when cold and has to be continually replaced

★ Environmentally friendly, very long lasting, no toxic materials, easy to recycle

Netexporter

 It doesn't reveal times when my property is unoccupied

Yes, the burglars were queueing up outside my gaff when the saving sessions were on.

QrizB

Being nasty is definitely against the rules, but I don't think mmmmikey was trying to be nasty.

Just having a little joke at MFB starting a trend for - themed subject headings.

On-topic: I have had three digital-but-dumb meters and, while I can't claim to have ed them, they did the job that the supplier asked of them.

My first replaced a spinny-disc meter in my previous home.

The second was already present in my next (current) house, and was replaced in the noughties by another digital meter.

The third was a little disappointing. The model fitted was capable of measuring exported electricity but had been set up not to, simply to display "rEd" as an anti-fraud measure. Not helpful when I had solar panels fitted.

That meter remained in place until replaced by a smart meter three years ago.

Reed_Richards

Oh yes, my digital but dumb meter displayed "rEd", alternating with the actual reading, after I got my solar panels.  Apparently this stands for "reverse Energy detected".  I didn't love that.  

The_Green_Hornet

I loved my digital but dumb meter because I could attach a wireless pulse counter to it and read it remotely without having to go outside.

mmmmikey

BellaBlondykeTheThird said:

mmmmikey said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

I guess they sit in the middle of love and hate and a bit (non)

Like the middle child?

Although I am honoured that my ❤️ as a question opener has taken off 💙

Perhaps you should start an I  my I  my threads thread?

Well aren't you a nasty little person. I have found this members posts useful and they have helped me in the past.

Is being a nasty person against the rules here? Or is this not the place I thought it was?

Whoa slow down, there really wasn't anything nasty intended there, just a light hearted comment :-)

Reed_Richards

I imagine most of us took your comment as just light-hearted, @mmmmikey .