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KinkyS 12 Mar 9:55pm, 12 Mar 2025 18,346 posts	Quote Pin KinkyS Shades wrote:I can't think of any reason not to get a smart meter installed 😄 Losing a day's pay to create suitable conditions in the cellar for the installation to go ahead. Losing another day's pay for the actual appointment. All for no savings whatsoever and the very good chance it won't work anyway due to the vastly different location of our two meters. I love the principle of them but at the moment it would actually cost me money to get one. If and when that changes then yes, but until then, no.
flyingfinn 12 Mar 10:51pm, 12 Mar 2025 3,779 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn I struggle to think of a reason to get one installed. If I look at my current meter it already tells me exactly how much electricity I've used since last time I looked and I'm quite capable of using my brain to tell me how that compares to normal use. Where as getting one fitted means being beholden to being in at a particular time, for someone who may or may not actually show up. And any savings available from using/not using electricity at particular times are far outweighed by the associated inconveniences. But I guess that's from the standpoint of someone who spends less than £1.50 a day on electricity.
jda 17 Mar 4:57pm, 17 Mar 2025 18,574 posts	Quote Pin jda Smart meter installed and working yay! Man was pessimistic about it as he said the area was bad for them but we are up a bit of a hill and have decent radio reception at home (our car radio often cuts out when we drive down into town). Took him about 2h versus the promised 40 mins but that’s a minor detail.
Shades 17 Mar 5:11pm, 17 Mar 2025 6,607 posts	Quote Pin Shades jda - at last. Engineer here took 90 minutes to install my neighbour's smart meter. I think mine was just over an hour, I had a younger engineer 😅
Muttley 17 Apr 9:56pm, 17 Apr 2025 3,949 posts	Quote Pin Muttley Latest bill from Octopus: charged £40 for electrickery used, credited £42 for exported courtesy the pv panels. Due to that spell of sunny weather we had, and we're still only in mid-April. It'll be dull and overcast for the rest of summer now, you mark my words
Son of a Pronator Man 17 Apr 10:26pm, 17 Apr 2025 9,350 posts	Quote Pin Son of a Pronator Man I’ve stopped getting my Kirk Hill wind farm credit on my Octopus account because Ripple, the management company have gone bust. Hopefully it can all be sorted out and backdated credits processed. The turbines are still generating!
ThorntonRunner 17 Apr 10:34pm, 17 Apr 2025 8,303 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Got our bill today as well. Two years ago this month's bill was £225. Since then we've got a 3.7kWp pv system and junked gas for an ashp aircon system to add to our EV. This month's bill was £38.