[Tech1] Smart meters

[John Howell]

Alasdair,

The few I've seen are supplied with a hand-held monitor which you are 
encouraged to carry round the house turning things on & off to see 
Watt's Watt!

John.




On 21/07/2018 21:10, dave.mdv via Tech1 wrote:
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> IMO, 'Smart Meters' area waste of our money since the consumer will 
> end up paying for the expected over-spend with higher bills. How will 
> they save 'billions of pounds' anyway? Will they turn off your 
> electric fire or your underfloor heating? What is needed are 'Smart 
> Consumers' who realise that if you leave a light on it will cost far 
> less than leaving a heater on. Common sense, ( remember that?), is all 
> that is required, and think what good could be done with the 
> £11billion (and rising) if given to the NHS! As for predicting power 
> needs the grid already does that, if there is a big event on TV they 
> know that after it finishes everyone will put the kettle on! Cheers, Dave
>
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> On 21/07/2018 12:25, Alasdair Lawrance via Tech1 wrote:
>> Every illustration I’ve seen of these meters shows predominantly £p, 
>> which is useless for trying to lower your consumption.  I assume it’s 
>> a fiddle to change, (to put you off), but can you monitor units?
>>
>> Alasdair Lawrance
>> alawrance1 at me.com <mailto:alawrance1 at me.com>
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>> On 21 Jul 2018, at 12:00, Bill Jenkin via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk 
>> <mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>> wrote:
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>> Apparently my father-in-law (I never knew him) used to sit and watch 
>> the disc spinning round in the electricity meter trying to work out 
>> what was using all the power. It's the modern day equivalent really. 
>> Bill J
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>> On Sat, 21 Jul 2018, 11:36 Bernard Newnham via Tech1, 
>> <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk <mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>> wrote:
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>>     I didn't expect the smart meter to save me any money at all. It
>>     does have it's uses - my wife is big on garden water features and
>>     the meter allowed me to see how much power they are using, which
>>     is next to nothing.
>>
>>     My sister is arriving soon in her new Nissan Leaf. It'll be
>>     interesting to see what that takes.
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>>     B
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>>     On 21/07/2018 08:28, Mike Jordan via Tech1 wrote:
>>>     Told you so?
>>>     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44903471
>>>     Mike
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