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    not done it yet
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      @notdoneityet

      A few points.

      It seems some folks bills have gone up considerably after having a smart meter fitted

      Some think the bill will go down just by having the SM. Unfortunately not true, the customer has to use the information, to do that (the only way is to reduce usage, for most energy suppliers).

      Also, if your usage includes inductive loads (fridges, freezers, etc) the smart meter will record a higher electricity use for those items (more than 20%?) than presently. Not many that know or understand that!

      I actually would like one – in order to find out.

      Don’t rush to find out. It will happen soon enough. When you change supplier, they will insist on installing a SM as a condition of supply. The government will change the rules when the industry gets most onto SMs. Water companies already insist on a metered supply, whenever a new owner moves in.

      In wife world phone chargers and tumble driers will use the same amount of power

      Spot on there. My wife thinks setting a a thermostat higher increases the heat from an electric heater, not that it simply turns the item on and off. I also call her ‘turn it on, never turn it off’🙂 She also refuses to save water by using the partial flush on the loo🙁.

      Gas boilers alone can be 150kw ++

      You'll need smelling salts for the wife when it fires up.

      Properties like that would install heat pumps, shirley? With a COP of around 4 for a ground source heat pump, that would likely be using only one fifth of the power quoted by John Hancock (assuming a 20% heat loss within the current heating system). Also it might enlighten them of reality – and actually educate them a bit?

      [via the local display unit]

      Once a SM is fitted, the supply companies could not care a jot if that display fails. More proof that once they have got their savings, they could not care less about the customer actually saving power!

      prepaid smart meters

      Might be good for more, but what are the rates for those on these meters?

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      #522512
      Anthony Kendall
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        @anthonykendall53479

        NotDoneItYet – I think you need a new wife.
        How did you manage to marry someone who does not have a degree in physics?
        I bet the lust was uppermost in your mindwink

        Edited By Anthony Kendall on 25/01/2021 13:52:58

        #522520
        not done it yet
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          @notdoneityet
          Posted by Anthony Kendall on 25/01/2021 13:33:25:

          NotDoneItYet – think you need a new wife.

          Apart from this, my wife has very considerable other benefits/better traits/etc🙂 . I accept that no one is perfect. We all need to make compromises.

          #522536
          Mark Rand
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            @markrand96270
            Posted by not done it yet on 25/01/2021 13:26:40:

            A few points.

            It seems some folks bills have gone up considerably after having a smart meter fitted

            Some think the bill will go down just by having the SM. Unfortunately not true, the customer has to use the information, to do that (the only way is to reduce usage, for most energy suppliers).

            Also, if your usage includes inductive loads (fridges, freezers, etc) the smart meter will record a higher electricity use for those items (more than 20%?) than presently. Not many that know or understand that!

            I'm sorry, but that comment is somewhat gonadal.

            Rotating kWH meters measure power. Static kWH meters measure power. The accuracy class in use for domestic meters is 2% or better .

            And yes, I did spend 7 1/2 years in charge of measuriing electrical power using both types in power station performance tests.

            #522542
            J Hancock
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              @jhancock95746

              NDIY Good luck with that one, ( air/ground ) heat pumps for every household !

              #522555
              not done it yet
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                @notdoneityet

                MR,

                What? Less? Power?

                And I would expect they should be much better than ±2%. I would expect them to be specified as +0,-2% as, given the choice, they will all tend to record more than the truth.

                #522568
                Mark Rand
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                  @markrand96270

                  VARs are not charged for in UK retail electrical contracts. End of.

                  #522592
                  Vic
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                    @vic
                    Posted by not done it yet on 25/01/2021 13:26:40:

                    A few points.

                    It seems some folks bills have gone up considerably after having a smart meter fitted.

                    Some think the bill will go down just by having the SM. Unfortunately not true, the customer has to use the information, to do that (the only way is to reduce usage, for most energy suppliers).

                    Also, if your usage includes inductive loads (fridges, freezers, etc) the smart meter will record a higher electricity use for those items (more than 20%?) than presently. Not many that know or understand that!

                     

                    Any particular reason for the selective quote, leaving out “even with identical usage” ? thinking

                    Edited By Vic on 25/01/2021 19:13:18

                    #522601
                    Colin Heseltine
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                      @colinheseltine48622

                      The tariff may say you must have a Smart Meter with that particular tariff, but if they cannot fit one (for whatever reason) then they will still let you on that tariff.

                      I am on 3-phase and I am not aware of any domestic smart meters that can handle 3-phase.

                      Colin

                      #522609
                      Mark Rand
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                        @markrand96270

                        They are becoming available since mid 2020

                        #523040
                        Vic
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                          @vic
                          Posted by Mark Rand on 25/01/2021 15:07:04:

                          Rotating kWH meters measure power. Static kWH meters measure power. The accuracy class in use for domestic meters is 2% or better .

                          And yes, I did spend 7 1/2 years in charge of measuriing electrical power using both types in power station performance tests.

                          It says here:

                          **LINK**

                          “Electricity meters are considered “accurate” if the permitted margins of error do not exceed +2.5% to -3.5% throughout the entire load range at which the meter is designed to operate”

                          #523076
                          Mark Rand
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                            @markrand96270

                            Not unreasonable after 25 years of service, but if you look on the data plate, you will normally see that it states "class 2", that's what it was manufactured to,

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