Why I Regret Having a Smart Meter Fitted & Be Careful of Energy Comparison Sites

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• DR

  @DrJakesVeryBritishReviews · 6 years ago · pinned

  Guys, where did you find this video? Was it on YouTube, Twitter or somewhere else?

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• HO

  @hoisin75 · 5 years ago

  this is like a Ronnie Corbett chair story

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• AL

  @alanclark2584 · 4 years ago

  Was due to have a smart meter thursday, guy turned up after driving his van across my freshly seeded verge then marched down the hallway with muddy boots over the carpet. He then told me he was going to inspect all my appliances to make sure they were up to standard. I said "what do you do if you find a bad one", He told me he would then "condemn the equipment". My wife was ill in bed at the time and access is required through her bedroom to a new boiler in a cupboard leading off it. Told him I did not know of any faulty equipment but wanted the meter changed not a household electrical and appliance check. He then said we couldn't do it and I threw him out. E-on complaint submitted. Seems its an excuse to drum up extra work.

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• NO

  @norabrady9066 · 3 years ago

  Fortunately I point blank refused to have smart meters in my house. Still on analog and will be as long as possible.

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• PH

  @philscarriage73 · 3 years ago

  A guy from Eon told me 4 years ago the Government are paying companies £1000  for every house they fit a smart meter to.

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• NI

  @Nickle314 · 5 years ago

  Always photograph the old and the new meter when they change it.

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• AD

  @admiralackbar9307 · 3 years ago

  I keep getting calls to get a smart meter fitted, and every time I tell them HELL NO!! And put the phone down every time.

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• CA

  @cathycalrow9111 · 3 years ago

  When we started being able to choose our energy suppliers, it was summer and numerous sales people  came round wanting to get us on their tariff.  I tried to pin them down on the price of the standing charge and the rates they were charging.  Not one sales person would give us a straight answer so I told them we were not interested.  We were enjoying the nice weather outside and it was a nuisance having to keep answering the door.  Interestingly no one came during  the cold weather later on.

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• GI

  @Gill12283 · 3 years ago

  I would never have a smart meter and have always resisted the hype to get one. Glad I did!

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• LE

  @Lee-roughrider · 5 years ago (edited)

  Smart meters are being pushed for <br>variable tariffs to be introduced <br>You do not need a meter to read the label on an appliance. <br>More wattage more expensive to run.<br>You are right about the radio wave nonsense all electrical goods give off radio waves.<br>However variable tarrifs are a real threat and analitical data.<br>A smart meter is just a glorified current &nbsp;meter .<br>But it transmits that consumption.<br>With an algorithm its possible to know lots.<br>Eg is the house occupied?<br>Is the kettle on? 3 minutes 1500watts.<br>How much time spent in the lounge ?<br>TV 100 watts several hours.<br>Ect<br>With that knowledge its viable to alter your tariff by the hour or minute.<br>So peak requirements will cost more.<br>Remember economy 7?<br>These smart meters will not just be after midnight but minute by minute

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• SH

  @shaz4667 · 5 years ago

  Millions of smart meters have been installed and are being installed which are incompatible between suppliers. How the industry has been allowed to do this is beyond me. Either the Engineers, Management and Regulators are incompetent imbeciles (highly unlikely) or this development has been engineered to limit consumer mobility for financial gain. I&apos;ve just found out my gas tariff has a standing charge of £1.50 per day from a supplier i was deemed to be in contract with. The comparison sites are horrific, all I want to know is the unit rate and standing charge from different suppliers and that appears to be the last thing they want to disclose. Well done Ofgem great job.

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• GE

  @geraldelwood9660 · 5 years ago

  If you are thinking of having a smart meter fitted ensure it is a SMETS 2 (not smets 1). &nbsp;Your gas meter needs to be &quot;in range&quot; of the electric meter, as it is the electric meter which gathers the data and transmits it via a sim card. With SMETS 2 the data does not go to your supplier, but to a &quot;Hub&quot; called the DCC - data communication centre. Your supplier then plugs into your account at the DCC and communicates via your electric meter to your &quot; in home display&quot;. In this way you can change supplier relatively seamlessly as one supplier unplugs from DCC and new one plugs in. &nbsp;That&apos;s the theory anyway. Hope this helps.

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