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Smart Meters
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Dumb meters are still made, for sub-metering and the like, but they aren't fitted by energy suppliers, who are obliged to fit smart meters.4
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Smart Electricity meters work, they work just like any other digital electricity meter.Marvel1 said:
Should, if they work.Netexporter said:Get a smart meter and get access to cheaper electricty.
What sometimes doesn't work is the Comms if you are in a bad signal area or the installer fails to register it correctly.
All you have to do is check the ,meter serial number is the one on your bill and make sure you aren't getting estimated bills - submit readings if needed.0 -
Ordinary credit meters are still manufactured. I fit them all the timetim_p said:
Which aspect is incorrect?Brunokid said:
This information is incorrectAlnat1 said:The simple answer is that only smart meters are manufactured now so any new meter will be smart. It's a bit like demanding a new black and white TV, nobody makes them, it's old tech.
Why are you so worried about a smart meter?0 -
Our standard electricity meter has broken and our energy supplier is insisting on installing a smart meter which we do not want.Why on earth not?I'm at my wits end!!!!Just get a smart meter installed and stop being paranoid. If you were talking about a SMETS1 being installed, there was good reason not to want one of those. But you would get SMETS2 and they are fine. If a SMETS2 meter cannot communicate, then it acts as a non-smart meter.
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Not trying to be pedantic, but currently an ordinary credit meter is a smart meter - they are the standard thing being installed by suppliers now, as I’m sure you’re aware being a meter fitter an Electrical Contractor who fits meters but is not a Meter Fitter.Brunokid said:
Ordinary credit meters are still manufactured. I fit them all the timetim_p said:
Which aspect is incorrect?Brunokid said:
This information is incorrectAlnat1 said:The simple answer is that only smart meters are manufactured now so any new meter will be smart. It's a bit like demanding a new black and white TV, nobody makes them, it's old tech.
Why are you so worried about a smart meter?Moo…1 -
I am not a meter fitter. I am an Electrical ContractorTheElectricCow said:
Not trying to be pedantic, but currently an ordinary credit meter is a smart meter - they are the standard thing being installed by suppliers now, as I’m sure you’re aware being a meter fitter.Brunokid said:
Ordinary credit meters are still manufactured. I fit them all the timetim_p said:
Which aspect is incorrect?Brunokid said:
This information is incorrectAlnat1 said:The simple answer is that only smart meters are manufactured now so any new meter will be smart. It's a bit like demanding a new black and white TV, nobody makes them, it's old tech.
Why are you so worried about a smart meter?
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You fit meters but you're not a meter fitter???Brunokid said:
I am not a meter fitter. I am an Electrical ContractorTheElectricCow said:
Not trying to be pedantic, but currently an ordinary credit meter is a smart meter - they are the standard thing being installed by suppliers now, as I’m sure you’re aware being a meter fitter.Brunokid said:
Ordinary credit meters are still manufactured. I fit them all the timetim_p said:
Which aspect is incorrect?Brunokid said:
This information is incorrectAlnat1 said:The simple answer is that only smart meters are manufactured now so any new meter will be smart. It's a bit like demanding a new black and white TV, nobody makes them, it's old tech.
Why are you so worried about a smart meter?1 -
Meter fitters are not even electricians. 5 day course are you're off fittingMeteredOut said:
You fit meters but you're not a meter fitter???Brunokid said:
I am not a meter fitter. I am an Electrical ContractorTheElectricCow said:
Not trying to be pedantic, but currently an ordinary credit meter is a smart meter - they are the standard thing being installed by suppliers now, as I’m sure you’re aware being a meter fitter.Brunokid said:
Ordinary credit meters are still manufactured. I fit them all the timetim_p said:
Which aspect is incorrect?Brunokid said:
This information is incorrectAlnat1 said:The simple answer is that only smart meters are manufactured now so any new meter will be smart. It's a bit like demanding a new black and white TV, nobody makes them, it's old tech.
Why are you so worried about a smart meter?0 -
Meter fitters fit meters. If you fit meters you are a meter fitter. You may also be many other things too.Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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