I'm back with Scottish gas supplying my gas and electricity. They've emailed me with the offer of a 'free' upgrade to a Smart Meter. Anybody got one, is it worth the hassle.
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21-11-2016 03:35 PM #1
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21-11-2016 08:48 PM #2
Yeh. Thought I was doing really great for the first few months then wondered why my bill was double what the meter was saying. Turned out it wasn't registering my gas! I've no idea at all how accurate it is now, I kind of gave up checking it and if they try and put my direct debit up I'll worry about it then.
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22-11-2016 10:24 AM #3
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Does it still work if you switch suppliers again?
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23-11-2016 09:16 PM #4
I took up the Scottish Gas offer for Smart meters a few years ago. Two guys arrived, spent two hours changing both meters and on completion, I heard one of them mutter, "Oh, *****." It turned out that the mobile signal was Vodafone and the signal in my house was far to weak to work with the meters. They had to spend another couple of hours replacing the old ones. Unless they have extended their contract for mobile supply to other suppliers or have improved the Vodafone signal in my area, I would be wary of going down that road again. Mind you, I've been told that it is a Government priority for all households to have smart meters by 2018. No chance.
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23-11-2016 10:54 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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24-11-2016 04:30 PM #6
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My Mrs works for BG and deals with smart meter calls, mostly complaints. We don't have one, and have no intention of getting one soon. Too many gremlins and issues that need sorted before we do.
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24-11-2016 04:32 PM #7
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24-11-2016 05:40 PM #8
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Do you have to pay extra for this?
I saw an advert for some utility thing that was £7 a month. I'd this something else?
I don't pay much attention to adverts.
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27-11-2016 09:02 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The idea is that it eradicates the need for estimated bills as it sends your usage data back to your supplier in near real time so they have a much more accurate picture of what you're actually using and charge accordingly. The customer also gets a small tabletop unit which allows you to monitor your usage and give you an idea of how you could change your usage habits and hence save money.
Personally, I think they're a good idea if they work as they are supposed to. Paying exactly what you should be paying whilst giving you the facility to see when you're using too much is all good in my book.
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27-11-2016 10:03 PM #10
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28-11-2016 04:52 PM #11
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22-10-2022 09:42 AM #12
Haha, well six years down the line and i've gone full circle and ended up back with British Gas and they're back trying to get me onto the energy smart meter.
Obviously we 6 years on since i first asked the question, what are peoples thoughts on energy smart meters now.TOP CASH BACK
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22-10-2022 01:35 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-10-2022 08:16 PM #15
I got Smart meters from Scottish Power 12 years ago then switched suppliers about 5 years ago to Bulb.
Bulb are unable to read Smart meters supplied by anyone other than themselves and offered to replace them
I declined and this year the battery in my Gas meter gave up the ghost and the display stopped working.
My meter had to be replaced and was replaced by Bulb with a refurbished old style mechanical meter.
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22-10-2022 08:50 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
1st generation smart meters are only able to be read by the supplier who had them installed. 2nd gen ones can be read by new providers if you switch. Ofgem were supposed to be working on a software update for 1st gen meters to allow them to be read by by different suppliers as you switch, but that’s been a while.
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22-10-2022 09:22 PM #17
Boost finally installed a smart meter for my electricity last September after a few years of me telling them to bolt, finally relented on condition it was a smets2 meter, after a few engineer cancellations, 2 x £30 they owed me, then a total muck up at their end when i was left with no electricity overnight(£25 goodwill payment) then something else i can't remember they ended up owing me £110 i think it was, but the IHD wouldn't connect so it was call after call to them complaining, end story was it essentially ended up a dumb meter, i just couldn't talk to them anymore so my daughter started calling them, she's worked in a few utilities customer services so she knew that they couldn't get away with the excuses they were giving me all the time, so fast forward to approx 3 months ago and they finally gave me my £110 compensation but i just told them to put it towards the £600+ bill i had ran up due to the meter being a 'dumb' meter, turned out some fandan on their side hadn't connected it properly to their server, tho the meter is now connecting to their severs the damn IHD doesn't connect to the meter so if i want to see what's using up the electricity/find out how much credit i have i have to climb up ladders to get to the meter, sort of defeats the purpose of the meter being 'smart' been waiting 10 weeks now for a replacement IHD unit so i've put my daughter on notice for calling them, my gas is with Scottish power and they've been telling me for several weeks i'm entitled to a smart meter for my Gas but every time i fill in online form there's usually a problem because my meter is actually on an outside wall, so 3 weeks ago after filling in form again it's went through and they are coming on wednesday, i'm positive the engineer will say he can't fit it cause the meter is outside
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22-10-2022 11:15 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Unless I've missed something, I don't see why anyone would be reluctant to have one. It removes the inconvenience of having to provide meter readings. I have the standalone monitor, but have never used it as I don't want to fixate on what's costing the most to run.
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23-10-2022 12:35 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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23-10-2022 09:32 AM #20
Re smart meters, how often are you billed by your utility company?
We had to get smart meters installed back in June (original meter had failed). My online account says I have smart meters so I don't have the ability to submit online readings.
My DD had been increased to reflect the increase in the standard variable rate but no money has came off my account in 4 months and my credit balance is just growing.
Should billing occur weekly, monthly, quarterly?
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23-10-2022 09:37 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As it was, the display connects to the meter absolutely fine.
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23-10-2022 09:46 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Edit: Read posts below, apologies for causing confusion.Last edited by Santa Cruz; 23-10-2022 at 10:38 AM.
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23-10-2022 09:52 AM #24
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I have a smart meter outside the house. Albeit in a key accessed box ..thought that was the norm tbh
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23-10-2022 09:55 AM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I also never use the display, in fact I'm not even sure where it is anymore!
EDIT: I see you've already reached that conclusion!Last edited by Just Alf; 23-10-2022 at 10:08 AM.
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