What's in the news, is it good or bad? I only watch youtube.Have you not been watching the news recently?
Admittedly for debt, but...
What's in the news, is it good or bad? I only watch youtube.Have you not been watching the news recently?
Admittedly for debt, but...
I suspect the small prints would say it's illegal to interfere with their equipment.Would wrapping the antenna/transceiver stop communication ? Thus turning it back to a dumb meter !
Doesn't the meter come with a count on it like the old meters? I have never seen a new meter.Some horror stories about being charged thousands in a day.
If the meter can do that, what's stopping it charging a tenner extra a day and go undetected for months/years/ever?
It would, if it could be effectively done - but I strongly suspect that such 'tampering' with a supplier's equipment would constitute a breach of contract.Would wrapping the antenna/transceiver stop communication ? Thus turning it back to a dumb meter !
That can happen with any malfunctioning meter - whether dumb or 'smart'.Some horror stories about being charged thousands in a day. If the meter can do that, what's stopping it charging a tenner extra a day and go undetected for months/years/ever?
True, but at least with the dumb meter I can see how many units I'm using and how much I'm charged without them having any remote input.That can happen with any malfunctioning meter - whether dumb or 'smart'.
Kind Regards, John
The same should be true with a 'smart' meter.True, but at least with the dumb meter I can see how many units I'm using and how much I'm charged without them having any remote input.
So if I turn everything off and go away for a week, on my way back I find the same numbers on the display, all is good.
I can't see how any meter, 'smart or otherwise', can 'add a few units here and there'. The meter simply measures the number of units used. The communication between meter and supplier as regards usage is one-way - from meter to supplier. Turning the units used (at various different times of day) into money will dependent upon the tariff (which may change), but nothing can actually alter the recording of number of units used (*unless is meter is faulty).With smart meters you have to constantly be looking at the display in case some smart arse decided to add a few units here and there remotely.
I'm really not sure how a camera would 'prove' that.Many people have resorted to fitting a camera videoing the meter so to have proof that they're being overcharged.
I'm sure that you are very far from alone.I have had a smart meter for many many years, never been overcharged, never had my whereabouts communicated to any criminal enterprise, never had any reason to be concerned.
Unless you are with Octopus (maybe others now?) and are inclined to expend the time and effort required to play with their 'dynamin tariffs', having a smart' meter, per se, does not really save any money.Having a smart meter has saved me hundreds of pounds off my energy bills over the years.
A close to real time detector of if anyone's home. Isn't that all enough? If they plot it on a chart, they will know in advance no one will be in from 11am to 4pm on tuesdays. How much is this worth to people who buy this kind of info? When there is profit, there is a way to make that profit.
Some horror stories about being charged thousands in a day.
If the meter can do that, what's stopping it charging a tenner extra a day and go undetected for months/years/ever?
Have you not been watching the news recently?
Admittedly for debt, but...
True, but at least with the dumb meter I can see how many units I'm using and how much I'm charged without them having any remote input.
So if I turn everything off and go away for a week, on my way back I find the same numbers on the display, all is good.
With smart meters you have to constantly be looking at the display in case some smart arse decided to add a few units here and there remotely.
Many people have resorted to fitting a camera videoing the meter so to have proof that they're being overcharged.
I am with Octopus Energy. My smart meter has saved me money, I discovered I was using a lot of electricity from devices left on overnight and from devices that I thought were off but were in fact starting up periodically overnight (1.5kw and 1.0kw heaters!).I'm sure that you are very far from alone.
Those inclined to worry (or 'be paranoid') probably have far more reason to be concerned about ownership of an (again ''smart') mobile phone (particularly if used to interact with 'social media'!!), let alone the even-worse likes of "Alexa"!
Unless you are with Octopus (maybe others now?) and are inclined to expend the time and effort required to play with their 'dynamin tariffs', having a smart' meter, per se, does not really save any money.
Kind Regards, John
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