Smart meter for storage heaters

Rosie1001

debitcardmayhem said:

Your calculation for peak is way off that’s £3.01/kWh , can you break down  your figures to 1/2 hourly figures. The app may not know about yourafternoon boost times.

I have no idea how to break things down into half hours  … I think I will just meter read for a few days and see that way how I’m doing within my £50+ a week budget 

I’ve deleted my wrong calculations.

Rosie1001

So have I not used that much as the graph says in money ???? That total amount is only from Wednesday just gone …

Spoonie_Turtle

Rosie1001 said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Your calculation for peak is way off that’s £3.01/kWh , can you break down  your figures to 1/2 hourly figures. The app may not know about yourafternoon boost times.

I have no idea how to break things down into half hours  … I think I will just meter read for a few days and see that way how I’m doing within my £50+ a week budget 

I wonder if you need to give them permission to take half-hourly usage data from your meter.  It would be somewhere in your account under something like 'smart meter preferences' or even (maybe) 'communication preferences'.

I think the Bright app would also show it, if you downloaded and signed up for that.

debitcardmayhem

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Rosie1001 said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Your calculation for peak is way off that’s £3.01/kWh , can you break down  your figures to 1/2 hourly figures. The app may not know about yourafternoon boost times.

I have no idea how to break things down into half hours  … I think I will just meter read for a few days and see that way how I’m doing within my £50+ a week budget 

I wonder if you need to give them permission to take half-hourly usage data from your meter.  It would be somewhere in your account under something like 'smart meter preferences' or even (maybe) 'communication preferences'.

I think the Bright app would also show it, if you downloaded and signed up for that.

I second the Bright app iOS/android both free
e.g.

Rosie1001

I’ve just signed up for Hugo 

bright didn’t recognise the meter 

Rosie1001

Thats  saying the same thing and I’ve added my tariff on it 

QrizB

Rosie1001 said:

So have I not used that much as the graph says in money ???? That total amount is only from Wednesday just gone …

I'm almost certain that the graph is giving you the wrong price.

You should be billed on your meter readings, not on the graph, and your meter readings add up to about  £4 in peak electricity and about £20 in off-peak. That's £24 plus standing charge since the meter has been installed.

There's no way you've spent £67 already.

Rosie1001

Managed to sign up to bright …

QrizB said:

Rosie1001 said:

So have I not used that much as the graph says in money ???? That total amount is only from Wednesday just gone …

I'm almost certain that the graph is giving you the wrong price.

You should be billed on your meter readings, not on the graph, and your meter readings add up to about  £4 in peak electricity and about £20 in off-peak. That's £24 plus standing charge since the meter has been installed.

There's no way you've spent £67 already.

QrizB said:

Rosie1001 said:

So have I not used that much as the graph says in money ???? That total amount is only from Wednesday just gone …

I'm almost certain that the graph is giving you the wrong price.

You should be billed on your meter readings, not on the graph, and your meter readings add up to about  £4 in peak electricity and about £20 in off-peak. That's £24 plus standing charge since the meter has been installed.

There's no way you've spent £67 already.

That’s what I was thinking …. 

I’ll just keep checking the meter … in house display seems to be more in line price wise as well …

Maybe the graph and the apps like bright are giving price as single tariff ?? 

Swipe

You can manually enter the correct tariff times and cost in the bright app to override what it currently has. Then it should be near enough correct. Click the amend tariff option and enter the start date, your time slots, prices and standing charge. Start your time slots at the top of the hour or you will get wrong figures if you use 10 past as it pulls 30 minute chunks.

QrizB

If you've had your smart meter for three days, and you've so far used £24-worth of electricity, that's £8 a day, £240 a month.

How much were your bills before the swap?