Working in IT gives you a deep mistrust of any “smart” device.
The UK government set a target for numbers of smart meters to be installed. It didn’t say that they needed to be working as smart meters. Nobody should be surprised by this.
This is why I’m happy sticking with the meters my house was built with (which are “only” 23 years old)
Yes, but night rate is worth it if you have a EV or house battery. 7p per kWh instead of the 29p per kWh of the day rate. Huge saving.
I’m on Octopus Agile. They were paying me to use electricity the other day
You got a house battery? If I had a largish house battery I’d certainly move to that and automate the battery use by electricity costs. ;-)
Yup I have solar panels and a 5kWh battery. The panels don’t do much in the winter, but the batteries have proved their worth with the tariff. I have a few other automations like the immersion heater coming on when prices go negative
I did maths on a battery with my current tarrif, but agile probably means I should revisit. What I really want is a nice big second life EV battery.
They keep emailing me to say mine has reached its end of life and needs to be replaced - and yet funnily enough it still works while all these smart meters don’t
Mine is no longer sending out readings but I should count myself lucky it’s not worse. Occasionally it flashes up readings showing 5-6 times the actual usage but it disappears when I toggle through the options, which does make me nervous.
Are you talking about the meter (the box where the power comes into the house), or the wireless display?
The meter only counts units of electricity. It doesn’t tot-up the price of them. The display calculates a price, but it’s only meant to be a guide for you. The real price is all calculated by the supplier when they generate your bill. So if you’re seeing weird prices on the display, don’t worry. Only the kWh numbers matter.
