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The motivation is to make life simpler. That's usually why new technology is invented. |
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But saying that from what I've read so far, I would now change my vote from 'No' to 'Undecided' which is a step forward for me. |
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This is transmitted to the company and stored in a database which is next* to your home address. *Not literally "next to" but clearly in the system. |
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So someone hacks a major energy retailer and the best use of the data is to… burgle people?
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Your name and address are stored with your bank too. Are you concerned about them having that as well as what you spend?? :rolleyes: Seriously!! |
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Our electricity one has never worked. The home display packed up within hours.
The main unit has A and B buttons and an LCD display. I can eventually find the "Imported KWH value" to send in as the remote reporting has never worked. (Signal reported as -127db) But it's strange: Every bit of kit I have you can find the documentation, circuits etc on the net but for this meter? Not a trace, I can find the Chinese OEM outline data, the FCC certification, the CE certification but a description of the buttons and menus? Nothing! Why is this such a secret? EDF should be advising the CIA/KGB etc on secrecy. OVO want us to have a smart gas meter. Not a chance. |
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Time to get yourself that tin foil hat, the nonsense you seem to be spouting is almost amusing to watch. :smokin: Aside from the fact the data is for your house (not you) - what personal habits does it 'encode' ? It has no knowledge of what you are doing, only the amount of electricity or gas you are using, your porn habbit is safe. "Its stored in a database" ? Seriously ? Clearly this comes as a shock, but traditional meter readings are stored in the same database. :dozey: They also track useage, just over longer time intevals, thats kinda the whole purpose of meters. |
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If you gave me the data I could easily make a list of addresses of people rich enough to own electric cars and who are out of the house between 9am and 5pm.
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I could do that simply by watching them, far easier.
If I gave you all their bank details you could steal money from them. If the sun were bigger we would all burn up, what exactly is your point ? |
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1 x electric shower that draws 11Kw that's more than the 7 Kw my charger uses. An electric oven that at full usage with both ovens going draws 6.2 kw. 2 x high spec gaming pc and one of them draws 1 kw at full rate. 1 x washing machine 1 x dryer. To give you an idea of electric usage my electric bill can hit over £300 a month however most of that is not the EV as my average cost per day in electric from home to work and back is £2.80 Last thing i have friends with EV who would not say they are rich, there cars like mine are on lease via salary sacrifice. Finally one of the reasons the Government are looking at road charging is because they admit they cannot work out a way to tax people for charging there car at home so maybe you could give them some advice ? I am not rich by any measure, i just work hard for my money Your phone spies on you, if you use windows or mac it spies on you ( that's why i use Linux), if you have a points card it spies on you. If you drive a car the anpr system spies on you. Your ISP knows a lot of what you do and when you do it, I could go on but i think you get the drift Last point a training video for you is below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD7zTSaiigg |
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You are very wise to bow out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself than you already are. |
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A much better idea than you apparently.
Aside from "if" yet again, it also [again] has nothing to do with actual smart meters. Thats point has already been covered several times now, but still you cling to it. Cracking. Please do keep going, your paranoia is really starting to show now, I cant wait for the next theory. |
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As usual Dude111 has come in and ruined a thread with his bollox, the guys got a screw loose. |
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*may not be true these days, I can’t keep up, too old |
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How would you know they even have anything worth stealing?
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Time to get back on topic, enough of this utter cobblers.
If you dont want one, great, your choice. This is not the place for stupidity and nonsense, there are plenty of crackpot sites you can post that. |
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Octopus give you the "choice", but some tarrifs require you to set 30 minutes (agile for example). If you dont, you cant use that tarrif. |
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So today was the day, meter (eventually) installed.
Not without its drama of course. Meter 1 installed, turned fuse box back on .... nothing (except a puzzled electrician). Some investigation later, they had told him the wrong type to install (E7), so it wouldnt power up [as he'd wired it] until midnight ... So out with that one, in with Meter 2 (std) and we finally had power again. Gas meter then changed without further issues. IHD is now sitting on my desk (currently set to show "real time" usage). Its only showing electricity readings atm. I'm told it will eventually display gas as well. My house seems to run at about 490W in the day when no high power devices (kettle, shower, washer, cooker etc) are in use, thats dropped to around 420W now everyone has gone to bed (except me). |
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I would signup for the Home Mini if you haven't already then ditch the IHD.
Checking my Home Mini app live(last 5mins) usage it's showing I'm using 49w, thats with everything off apart from fridge freezer and anything in standby. Tracker Tariffs have been higher lately but still lower than SVT, tomorrows Electricity rate is nice though dropping from 19.75 to 13.58 in my area. |
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Interesting, I just looked that up.
Apparently it relies on you having the app. Can you run both ? I couldnt see that answered anywhere. I signed up for Tracker earlier, thats likely to take 2/3 weeks. ---------- Post added at 01:41 ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 ---------- Quote:
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I got the octopus mini. The engineer didn't commit the final gas reading so I had to get octopus to follow up before the gas bills started coming. My electric bills are stuck in limbo however (despite the data flowing correctly) so I'm still trying to get them to fix that.
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"We must replace your electricity meter as it is over 15 years old. We will replace the gas meter at the same time".
Nope, especially with next door still having no connection either way on the mobile phone networks. Our meters are less than 4 metres from each other. One of the last techs could not get signals from between our homes, and that is where the meters are located. |
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With the Mini data viewed via the Octopus app you get to select your Live Usage view for either the last 5mins or 30mins for Electricity but for Gas you can only see the Day usage, the Mini is far better in my opinion because you may get fed up of the IHD and you can literally walk around the house with your Mobile or Tablet and get an instant reading when switching something on which is useful. Surprisingly when I signed up for the Tracker I must have got lucky as they switched me over in the time it took to fill out the form, that was after having my smart meters working for 7 days as it takes a while to see everything appears to be working on your account, eventually my old meters disappeared from the account and I could see daily reading on the app for usage so I risked the change. |
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I got an email today telling me I just need to accecpt the T&Cs for Tracker and I'll be switched.
I have accepted them. I also got invited to join Octopus Plus (Octoplus). I have 5 meters on my account atm, my old Electric & Gas, my new Electric & Gas, and the extra electric they installed by mistake. Atm, I can see the daily readings for the active electric meter, but no gas readings as yet. |
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I think it took a week or so for me to go from 4 to 2 meters on my account and the Gas is always the slowest to change and send it's readings.
Hopefully you won't have any signal issues like Taf neighbours do. https://www.octopriceuk.app/tracker You can use this site which will let you see if your data is working once you put in the API. Also your smart meters need to be set for 1/2hr readings for smart tariffs, this you can change yourself in your account settings somewhere. |
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My account shows I have already been switched to Tracker for Electricity, but not Gas.
Maybe becasue I still have no actual Gas readings. in the meantime, I'm checking out that site. ---------- Post added at 20:53 ---------- Previous post was at 20:52 ---------- Interestingly, one of my 5 meters has now vanished, the old Gas meter. |
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My meters vanished at different times, they say it can take days for all the changes needed to be working.
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Downloaded my data from Octopus
They have data from my Gas, so not sure why its not showing up yet. Octoprice seems to have some handy information. ---------- Post added 10-08-2024 at 00:00 ---------- Previous post was 09-08-2024 at 23:52 ---------- Edit: My gas switched while I was looking on Octoprice. I'm now on Tracker for both, that seems pretty quick, less than a day after requesting. |
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Question I need to transfer my dads EON to me, can they or if I eventually go to another supplier, make me use a smart meter.
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If it needs to be replaced, because its faulty, you'll get a smart meter. Otherwise if your meter hasnt expired (reached EOL) then you can keep it. If it's EOL they will tell you it needs to be replaced, and are unlikely to offer you anything other than a smart meter. Of course, you can choose to ignore them (at least for now) but at some point in the future, they may force the issue. Of course, what they are slowly doing is making SMART tariffs cheaper, so by hanging on, you pay more. I held off for many years, but my E7 meter was 34 years old, so I decided it was finally time to move over. |
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This may help you for the transfer from Dad. https://www.eonnext.com/help/bereave...your%20request. |
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https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ut...a-smart-meter/ |
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I spent two years (12 month tariffs) with eon just ignoring their emails and hanging up the phone to them despite it being a condition of my offer.
They have tightened the wording though to “within 90 days” so maybe they are taking it more seriously. I’m currently on the variable tho, so no requirement. |
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So I wondered why they processed my old gas, but not electric.
Turns out to be Fracking incompetance again. :rolleyes: They have the two old readings the wrong way around AGAIN. :dozey: I mean FFS, how hard is it to enter two readings, clearly labelled. :mad: Another wait while they sort out another screw up. :sleep: They still need to remove the SMART meter I dont have as well. |
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They magically fixed them last time when I pointed that out. Its just annoying they cant get two readings correct, its not rocket science. |
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5 days, 5 emails from Scottish Power. I MUST make a booking to change both the gas and electricity meters, as they are "probably inaccurate due to their age".
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Best thing i ever did was move to a smart meter and then to Octopus. I did read there are trials ongoing that use mesh receivers in lamp posts that can pick up the meters and forward that back to the central receiving stations. Seems to be going very well and has fixed most of the issues around meters not being picked up. There is a similar system being installed for Mobile phone networks in congested areas and city centres.
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They must have an email opt out. Use it, or just send the mails to junk. |
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They have smart meter targets to meet, and get fined if they dont.
It seems unfair TBH, they cant control peoples desire to have them, or otherwise. |
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Ovo want me to have a smart gas meter but the electricity one was as effective as a chocolate teapot. No signal and the IHD failed completely.
No thanks. |
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AFAIK, smart gas meters just talk to the associated electric meter, they dont connect to the smart network directly.
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Yes, I've been monitoring that since I moved, atm, it thinks I would be better off on agile.
Obviously between 4pm and 7pm, tracker is always better, but most of the rest of the day it indicates I'm generally better with agile. I'm not going to move based on 5 days, but if this pattern continues, I may switch. |
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Free Electricity between 1pm and 2pm tomorrow for Smart Meter Octopus customers, if anyone wants to sign up.
https://octopus.typeform.com/to/xUHlI2xy#kid=A-2BB56385 |
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Did it as soon as I had the mail. Time to top up the charge on my car. :D
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Yeah .... "Free" with a catch. ;)
I signed up, but I'm not sure I'll benefit much as you have to use more than 'normal', thats the only bit thats free. |
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A week of full readings and the comparison sites and apps are all pretty clear.
Agile would be the cheaper choice for me, so I have taken the "plunge" and requested a switch. |
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Yes if you consistently use most of your electricity outside of 4pm to 7pm it will certainly be cheaper on agile. If you can coordinate your washing to the cheapest times you can save even more.
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It looks like there will be plenty of green energy in the system tomorrow, so we're back on for another Free Electricity session.
Fill your boots on Sunday 18 August: 1-2pm. During the hour, you'll only pay for the electricity you'd normally use at this time. Any extra you use will be completely free! See our FAQs for more info. You don't need to do anything else: just get ready to power up. We'll let you know within the week how much additional electricity you used and credit your account within 14 days. Share on social tagging #FreeElectricity to show us how you're switching on and making the most of the green energy surplus. Love and power, Pete Miller Head of Customer Experience |
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Yeah, I noticed earlier its only 2.1p per kWh at that time anyway.
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We have had a smart meter 4 2 years without issue touch wood.
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For those on Octopus Agile you will be paid to use electricity between 10:35 and 15:23 tomorrow. Fill your boots :)
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10:30 until 15:00 on my display, mostly at -0.42p a unit. :D |
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Yep, even better rates, almost -2p a unit. :D
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And people still say smart meters are bad..... The main problem is when they don't work because they can't transmit I guess, but when they work it's a no brainer if you get on a smart tariff.
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So I currently have a 4 day gap in my readings, which I assume are on the meter so will get grabbed at some point. My decision to flip electric to Agile has certainly looked a good one so far. I was a little hesitant at first, but a week of data comparing Agile v Tracker was pretty clear, the switch took less than a day. Of course, time will tell over the long run, but the indications are it should work out ok, even over winter. The IHD is proving to be a bit of a waste of time, it was solid for a week, but has been rebooting lots since then. The cost display on it is useless, it doesnt seem to understand agile at all. The "real-time" was useful, but not since it started rebooting - you have to manually put it back to that screen each time. I soon gave up that. |
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The IHD can't do smart tariffs I believe, you may as well just get those tariffs from their app as that has everything I think you need especially when you get a Home Mini installed.
According to Octoprice I have no data for a 1.5hr time in both June and July but it didn't affect my billing as I still have every day listed with different prices for the Tariff on the Tracker. |
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I ordered a Mini last week, but that seems to take time.
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Same again tomorrow (well today now). With odd exceptions its negative from 9.30am to 3.30pm. [ And averaging about 2p overnight ]. :angel: |
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Tomorrow looks rather good. From midnight all the way through to 4pm its almost all negative values.
There are about six x 30 minute spells where it climbs just above 0p (still < 2p). They'll be paying us to cook sunday dinner tomorrow. :D |
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Agile is still not worth it for me as I can't shift my usage, over the last month Agile is only £1.29 cheaper compared to my Tracker and the month before the Tracker was similarly cheaper.
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The guy who did ours had one of those plug-in [Tone/LED] testers.
It passed - having never seen one before I asked him to show me how it worked. [The mistake of course is not limited to installing smart meters, it could equally happen replacing any meter, or distribution boards]. |
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Finally got through to someone who fixed the electric bills.
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Yeah, I'll use my tablet which spends most of its time on my 2.4 network.
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The Mini won't fit through a standard letter box so hopefully someone will be home unless they can leave in a safe place via their app. |
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Arrived, now set-up and running. :D
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If you have joined Octoplus you will always win atleast 8 points a spin, however I got 500 points for getting Smart Meters which has now built up to 660 which is worth 82 pence that could be added to my account. You can access the wheel via the app from the Usage tab or from the main webpage. |
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Yeah, I joined octoplus the day it appeared in my account.
The Mini has stopped talking to the meter atm, waiting to see if it reconnects. |
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I'd definite suggest this to anyone on Octopus. Its far better than the IHD, which is now packed away in a draw. It even displays the readings in your account (on the website) which I wasnt aware would happen. On a different note: Agile not looking so great tomorrow, 40.7p in the peak period, highest I've seen so far. Overall the average is about the same as SVT. Still better than tracker which is 23.3p tomorrow, worse than SVT. Need more wind. :D |
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Mines still just below SVT in my area but it is the highest I've ever seen, it's not something I'm concerned about unless it stays above for days or weeks on end, but in the history of Tracker this has never happened before......yet.
I set my monthly billing date to the 2nd of each month, I did this as the Gas data collection is always a day behind Electricity and I should find out my monthly averaged unit rate which is usually around 19ish for Electricity and 4ish for Gas so still a good saving. |
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More techs were in our street yesterday, trying to get signals in and out of smart meters. They looked very confused and frustrated.
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