New electricity meter - an oddity

[foggy]

Hi all

Just had a new meter fitted, so before they were due to arrive I switched off the sensitive stuff like computers, etc. and then turned off the isolator and made a note of the reading on the old meter. When I got back from work, there was a nice new digital meter fitted, and a card showing the old meter reading and the new meter reading - 00000. But the digital display showed 00001, and this was before I had turned the isolator back on. Hmm...

Now I'm not bothered about the 10p worth of electric, but I'm wondering: a) do they do some sort of test on the meter that makes it go up a bit; b) should the card have stated 00001; or c) is my electric leaking out somewhere (that's a joke!)

Or possibly, if they do this on every meter fitted, it's worthwhile as all those pennies would add up...

Any thoughts?

Cheers

 

[Taylortwocities]

Probably the meter man does some final tests to check the meter is actually outputting something.
That may mean some current flow through the meter, at your cost.

 

[Wontdothatagain]

When i fit a meter, i allways turn the power on and check that the constant LED is flashing and that the meter advances by on unit if possible

 

[foggy]

Thought it would be something like them doing a test - he must have done the test at the meter terminals as it is outside in a box, and the isolator is inside a locked garage on the other side of the wall.

Now I can move that bucket I put there to catch the electrons....

 

[joinerjohn]

If the meter installer has tested the meter properly, then your first bill using the new meter will start from the reading 00001, and not from 00000.

 

[Stoday]

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[foggy]

If anyone is interested, the new bill started at 00000.
So maybe there is a profit to be made getting a couple of pence from every electricity user...

 

[JohnW2]

If anyone is interested, the new bill started at 00000. So maybe there is a profit to be made getting a couple of pence from every electricity user...

Well, given that almost all electricity consumed within an installation ends up as heat by one process or another, I guess your house probably benefitted from that 1 unit's worth of heat - so maybe it's not so unjust

Kind Regards, John.