Should I get smart meters?

[Pete.]

[stinkwheel]

True. But I can do two years cooking on a 19kg propane cylinder so the stove is pretty cheap to run.
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[dave001]

[MCN]

Why do you need a power meter?

To save having to do the boring calculations for energy consumption.


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[P.]

[dave001]

[hellkat]

I discovered yesterday that (although I have never requested it ... ) :

1. My "household help" from the Govt is being applied to the electricity account of my smart meter without my knowledge. Aside from a "test" £10 yesterday to make sure the app was still working properly, I've not topped it up since September ;
2. It is currently over £150 in credit, and 2x £66 more will be added before the end of the financial year, bringing me up to a possible total of £280+ in credit on the electric.

ALSO
Although I have to regularly top up my gas account, the monster credit on the electric section is unable to be transferred to the gas section

The lady who helped me was very apologetic that she couldn't apply the electric credit to the gas account, even though she could see I was using very little electricity.

I expressed my disappointment and told her that at least in the summer when it was boiling hot I would be able to use my pedestal fan 24/7 to stay cool with all that electric money in my account.

She LOL'd
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[grr666]

They did it on electric because a great deal of people don't have a gas supply at all but more or less everyone is
on the electric grid. High rise flats don't tend to use gas for heating for obvious reasons. Lots or rural places have
oil boilers because there's no gas pipe available. My credit has gone straight on to my balance so is deducted from
my bill at the end of each month.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

I dread to think what my energy bill is.

What with the 3 story house and millions of devices either on charge or in use plus the fact that I work from home virtually every day (so the plasma tv is on from about 8 every morning just to make some background noise) the only saving grace is I'm not actually buying much petrol.
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[hellkat]

Have you tried working in complete silence?
I can recommend it.
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