04-04-2024, 22:57
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An Awesome Dude
Join Date: Mar 2009
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An 87-year-old woman lived in an "icy cold" home all winter because she was so afraid of high bills caused by a suspected faulty smart meter.
Her supplier Octopus Energy said although her energy usage was in line with previous years, it had now replaced her old meter and cleared her remaining debt.
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Very sad.........Poor lady
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05-04-2024, 13:53
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#167
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,406
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
Here goes, meters being installed right now, I hope I don't regret this!
Edit
Installation complete, no idea what happens next, but I think it takes a while.
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05-04-2024, 14:08
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#168
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Dr Pepper Addict
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
OVO sent me an email the other day with all sorts of doom and gloom messaging in it (which isnt correct in my case). Binned for now.
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05-04-2024, 15:30
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#169
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
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Originally Posted by Taf
Next door had their smart meter swapped for another new one this morning. Still no communication possible.
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Can you get an external aerial, I was reading this site after getting my Kaifa m120 Electricity Meter installed and there is talk about aerial?
https://www.smartme.co.uk/smets-2.html
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Last edited by SnoopZ; 05-04-2024 at 15:41.
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05-04-2024, 17:56
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#170
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
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I think any aerials would be internal, but the newest technology could have moved in any direction. "Mesh" appears to be a sort of LAN to help local comms.
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05-04-2024, 18:21
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#171
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Perfect Soldier
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Worthing West Sussex
Age: 67
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
Going through the menus on mine the signal strength shows -127db so basically none.
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05-04-2024, 20:10
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#172
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Middlesbrough
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
SWMBO moved us over to octopus , three days after being connected get an email ‘your meters are end of life’ please arrange to have a smart meter installed, no weekend appts available so that’s not happening !
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05-04-2024, 23:15
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#173
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
SWMBO moved us over to octopus , three days after being connected get an email ‘your meters are end of life’ please arrange to have a smart meter installed, no weekend appts available so that’s not happening !
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I was lucky I was checking daily and then 1 popped up for my last day off work(today), so all done and dusted, now the wait begins.
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07-04-2024, 03:28
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#174
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An Awesome Dude
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
OVO sent me an email the other day with all sorts of doom and gloom messaging in it (which isnt correct in my case). Binned for now.
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Sounds like they are being more agressive... Please continue to try and resist!!
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11-04-2024, 17:02
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#175
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
So I had my Smart Meters installed 6 days ago and everything seems to be setup and working as expected.
I've just registered to move onto the Octopus Tracker Tariff, I was expecting to wait weeks or months to be moved over.... Well with in 2mins I've been switched over and even have today's rates listed on my account and compared to my old flexible tariff I'm already happy.
Electricity Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 17.03p/kWh
Gas Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 3.93p/kWh
Compared this to the Flexible Tariff I was on.
Old Electricity Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 25.26p/kWh
Old Gas Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 5.97p/kWh
Standing Charges are the same for both Tariffs.
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11-04-2024, 17:21
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Grumpy Fecker
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Warrington
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnoopZ
So I had my Smart Meters installed 6 days ago and everything seems to be setup and working as expected.
I've just registered to move onto the Octopus Tracker Tariff, I was expecting to wait weeks or months to be moved over.... Well with in 2mins I've been switched over and even have today's rates listed on my account and compared to my old flexible tariff I'm already happy.
Electricity Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 17.03p/kWh
Gas Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 3.93p/kWh
Compared this to the Flexible Tariff I was on.
Old Electricity Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 25.26p/kWh
Old Gas Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 5.97p/kWh
Standing Charges are the same for both Tariffs.
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Today and tomorrow for me. I have set my car to charge in the early hours to get the new rate
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11-04-2024, 17:30
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
Agile Octopus electricity is negative for few days now. They bought EU electricity and most Europe is negative. (16-19pm full price)
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11-04-2024, 18:08
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#178
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
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Originally Posted by Sirius
Today and tomorrow for me. I have set my car to charge in the early hours to get the new rate
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Is octotracker an app?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ms NTL
Agile Octopus electricity is negative for few days now. They bought EU electricity and most Europe is negative. (16-19pm full price)
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I still don't know if I would benefit from igile Tariff being a small household.
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Just installed Octotracker and liking it alot.
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I can't believe I wasted so much money by not installing Smart Meters and going on the Tracker Tariff!
Just comparing it to my last month's bill based on today's prices I would have saved £14 a month for Electricity used and £26 a month on Gas used, that's definitely a win for me.
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11-04-2024, 18:33
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#179
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Dr Pepper Addict
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
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Originally Posted by Dude111
Sounds like they are being more agressive... Please continue to try and resist!!
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Yeah, this isnt the borg.
I will have to change at some point, since my meter is way too old.
However, I'm waiting until the summer at least, when I use very little gas and less electric, so the disruption will be less.
I may consider moving to Octopus at that point as OVO dont seem to do any kind of tracking tarriff.
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11-04-2024, 19:28
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#180
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Grumpy Fecker
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Warrington
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Posts: 16,793
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Re: Smart Meter, Yae or Nae?
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Is octotracker an app?
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I still don't know if I would benefit from igile Tariff being a small household.
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Just installed Octotracker and liking it alot.
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I can't believe I wasted so much money by not installing Smart Meters and going on the Tracker Tariff!
Just comparing it to my last month's bill based on today's prices I would have saved £14 a month for Electricity used and £26 a month on Gas used, that's definitely a win for me.
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There is an app look on your apps Store,
For Iphone it is https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/octotracker/id6463722470
For Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hl=en_US&pli=1
At the latest price i am paying I am saving a serious amount over before i had tracker.
At present costs it means i am only paying the following for my trip to Manchester and back each day.
Today's tracker stats for my area.
Last edited by Sirius; 11-04-2024 at 19:40.
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