Eon smart gas meter issue

Nowthenlad

Hi folks, hope someone can help, not getting much joy anywhere else.
Recently had a gas smart meter fitted from Eon (Landis + Gyr), problem is it appers to be showing I have used twice as many units as my old non smart meter, even though we are only in the house 60% of the time compared to the same time last year.
Is the m3 reading a direct indicator of K/wh's used?

Ayr_Rage

The meter will send readings in m3

These will be converted into kWh on the bill.

Nowthenlad

Many thanks Ayr_Rage. So would the old (40year) meter have sent the reading in an imperial format?

QrizB

Ayr_Rage said:

The meter will send readings in m3
These will be converted into kWh on the bill.

The multiplication factor varies depending on the composition of the gas in the pipe, but is usually around 11.2, so 1 cubic metre of gas is 11.2 kilowatt-hours.

Nowthenlad said:

it appers to be showing I have used twice as many units as my old non smart meter, even though we are only in the house 60% of the time

Was your old meter an Imperial one, measuring hundreds of cubic feet instead of cubic metres?

TadleyBaggie

Nowthenlad said:

Many thanks Ayr_Rage. So would the old (40year) meter have sent the reading in an imperial format?

Almost certainly, would have been in 100 cubic feet increments (on old meters the 1's and 10's numbers were ignored for billing purposes). Dig out an old bill, you should see the units being used.

QrizB

One unit on an Imperial meter (100 cubic feet) is 2.83 cubic metres.

jimjames

Nowthenlad said:

Many thanks Ayr_Rage. So would the old (40year) meter have sent the reading in an imperial format?

If it's a 40 year old one so not smart then it won't be sending the readings anywhere. Do you have any photos of it to see what the old one said on the face?