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Smart meters - what's the point?

hoof_it_up_to_benty
hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,497
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Had one briefly which didn't work properly and didn't provide any useful info. Not sure how they are useful?
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,136
    Have always avoided. I don't need a meter to know that it's the kids that waste the most lecky in our house. Having data to back this up wouldn't get them to change their ways because they ain't paying the bills. It would just cause more arguments.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Less admin for energy companies so they can see how much youā€™ve used whenever they want and can bill accurately. Thatā€™s it.
  • snowinberlin
    snowinberlin Posts: 807
    No one is going to defend the idea but surely something that had to be updated?

    Someone knocking on your door to read your meter is surely a thing of the past?
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    All to do with overall consumption and peak periods etcĀ 
    This way energy companies can more accurately predict when we're gonna run out
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    snowinberlin said:
    No one is going to defend the idea but surely something that had to be updated?

    Someone knocking on your door to read your meter is surely a thing of the past?
    Do mine on line once a month....takes 5 mins.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,641
    snowinberlin said:
    No one is going to defend the idea but surely something that had to be updated?

    Someone knocking on your door to read your meter is surely a thing of the past?
    Itā€™ll be one less plot line on porn hub
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,765
    Confessions of a gas meter reader
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Many of them only work with one provider which can make it difficult to switch suppliers. I get inundated with cheerful call centre employees telling me it's my lucky day because my provider has decided not to charge me for installing one. That, or they do an assumed close by asking which of two dates would be better for you for them to install. Deny them to the end - meter readers need work, just like supermarket checkout workers.Ā 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Someone persuaded someone to invest a shed load of money in promoting this complete smart meter bollocks.
    The idea is you keep an eye on your energy bills and consumption.
    Duh.
    It is possible to do that without all this smart meter crap.
  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,559
    I'm totally against these smart meters, not because I don't think that we should all try and cut back on consumption but they ain't that smart, they are using false data to promote their use and we are all paying for them if we have them fitted or not.

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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,851
    Cardinal Sin said:
    Many of them only work with one provider which can make it difficult to switch suppliers. I get inundated with cheerful call centre employees telling me it's my lucky day because my provider has decided not to charge me for installing one. That, or they do an assumed close by asking which of two dates would be better for you for them to install. Deny them to the end - meter readers need work, just like supermarket checkout workers.Ā 
    Smart meters and "do the supermarkets' job for them" checkouts don't contribute to the economy by earning money and spending it, they just help the shareholders get more dividends. Ā Also, re the smart meter, why use electricity to see that your using electricity?
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,638
    Saves the power companies the expense of employing loads of meter readers and we are paying for it. Nothing smart about it.
  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,705
    You need to use more energy to make them work, it's a conšŸ˜¢
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,393
    another way for big brother to watch your every move .. soon, excess energy and water usage, will be criminal offences !!
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,497
    Lincsaddick said:
    another way for big brother to watch your every move .. soon, excess energy and water usage, will be criminal offences !!
    They don't provide a breakdown of where energy(elec) is being consumed so seem a bit pointless. How much money has been wasted on rolling them out?
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,674
    Hastingsaddick said:
    snowinberlin said:
    No one is going to defend the idea but surely something that had to be updated?

    Someone knocking on your door to read your meter is surely a thing of the past?
    Do mine on line once a month....takes 5 mins.
    Exactly, heard they were a bit rubbish, so avoided.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,366
    "Technology" is the solution to having to hire people knock on the door and ask to read the meter, a that's worked for decades.Ā Ā 

    the technology doesn't do what it's supposed to do - not all smart meters are provider-agnostic - and it hasn't been rolled out across the country, so there are still people that are hired to knock on people's doors to read meters.Ā  Tens of millions of homes and small businesses still don't have them.Ā 

    And people believe the government can come upĀ  with a "technology" solution to the border in Ireland before November?Ā 
  • snowinberlin
    snowinberlin Posts: 807
    HardyAddick said:
    Saves the power companies the expense of employing loads of meter readers and we are paying for it. Nothing smart about it.

    surely if they had to employ these people they would also pass that cost on?
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The answer isĀ ELEVEN BILLIONĀ according to the third link below.

    https://www.nao.org.uk/press-release/rolling-out-smart-meters/

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/19/smart-meters-would-need-installed-rate-30-a-minute-hit-government/

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/not-so-smart-meter-is-2bn-over-budget-jjvnxgqqd
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,280
    Had someone ring me the other week about arranging a fitting.Ā Said I wasn't interested.

    'But you can see how much you're using' she said.

    OK so I'm going to put the washing machine on and watch the meter go round and round.

    Maybe better than most things on the telly lately.


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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,976
    Lincsaddick said:
    another way for big brother to watch your every move .. soon, excess energy and water usage, will be criminal offences !!
    Yes, the next version of smart meter comes with concealed camera and microphone to monitor your every move inside your own house and when no ones there.

    Remember, Big Brother is watching you.


  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,497
    seth plum said:
    The answer isĀ ELEVEN BILLIONĀ according to the third link below.

    https://www.nao.org.uk/press-release/rolling-out-smart-meters/

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/19/smart-meters-would-need-installed-rate-30-a-minute-hit-government/

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/not-so-smart-meter-is-2bn-over-budget-jjvnxgqqd
    Shameful waste of money.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,393
    Oggy Red said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    another way for big brother to watch your every move .. soon, excess energy and water usage, will be criminal offences !!
    Yes, the next version of smart meter comes with concealed camera and microphone to monitor your every move inside your own house and when no ones there.

    Remember, Big Brother is watching you.

    Oggy Red said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    another way for big brother to watch your every move .. soon, excess energy and water usage, will be criminal offences !!
    Yes, the next version of smart meter comes with concealed camera and microphone to monitor your every move inside your own house and when no ones there.

    Remember, Big Brother is watching you.




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  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,497
    It's quite disturbing some of the activities of CL posters filmed by smart meters....
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    I aint having no meter smarter than wot I am!
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,280
    You mean smarter than what you is.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,641
    Iā€™m waiting for brexit, when I can get a smart yard insteadĀ 
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,817
    On the flip side of all the comments, I've got one and actually like it. Doesn't do anything for me now but with some keen monitoring & adjusting of usage early doors of getting it I've knocked off about Ā£150 from my annual bill.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Hastingsaddick said:
    snowinberlin said:
    No one is going to defend the idea but surely something that had to be updated?

    Someone knocking on your door to read your meter is surely a thing of the past?
    Do mine on line once a month....takes 5 mins.
    I do the same but they still insist on coming round once a quarter.Ā 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,934
    cafcfan1990 said:
    Hastingsaddick said:
    snowinberlin said:
    No one is going to defend the idea but surely something that had to be updated?

    Someone knocking on your door to read your meter is surely a thing of the past?
    Do mine on line once a month....takes 5 mins.
    I do the same but they still insist on coming round once a quarter.Ā 
    The suggestion being that they don't trust their own meters to be accurate?

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