Smart meter help.

[sungod]

Glad we got smart meters. I programmed my Tesla Powerwall to only buy electricity at the cheap rate. Octopus are always telling me we use 98% of electricity at night and 2% during the day. Smart meters work for us.

yep, we use octopus too, never had a problem, usage/timing data is handy, it's way better than clunky old meters

there are tens of millions installed, unfortunately there are old ones that rely on obsolete comms, they'll need replacing, and then there are those installed where there's poor/no cellular signal, and of course there'll be some that read too high or too low

with so many installed, even a low failure rate results in many people having problems, and it's always the problems that make news

 

[dicko]

yep, we use octopus too, never had a problem, usage/timing data is handy, it's way better than clunky old meters

there are tens of millions installed, unfortunately there are old ones that rely on obsolete comms, they'll need replacing, and then there are those installed where there's poor/no cellular signal, and of course there'll be some that read too high or too low

with so many installed, even a low failure rate results in many people having problems, and it's always the problems that make news

My eldest son used to assemble the old smart meters he was on the soldering line they were put together by anybody they could get the pay was rubbish and the firm with the contract were Polish. Needless to say they shut the factory and took all the jobs to Poland.

 

[Punkawallah]

Glad we got smart meters. I programmed my Tesla Powerwall to only buy electricity at the cheap rate. Octopus are always telling me we use 98% of electricity at night and 2% during the day. Smart meters work for us.

Until, apparently, they don’t.