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Smart Meters - Now a shortage (of display units)

AncientMariner
Back in November, we had smart meters fitted in an investment property owned by my wife.


The two meters went in, the Engineer kindly fitted an isolator which I had ready to hand and then advised that he was out of internal displays, but that one would follow in a few weeks.


Emails, phone calls and 6 months later have just been advised that rather like airline seats, the supplier had not ordered the same number of internal displays as Smart meters and now that they have changed to fitting SMETS2 meters they do not have any displays available!


Problem is that both meters are fairly inaccessible and whilst both communicate for billing purposes are not that easy to read due to the requirement to hold a torch in one hand, a pen and paper in the other and with the third, press the appropriate key button to obtain a reading.


So, after today's call from the supplier in response to a formal complaint, the house is on the list for a SMETS2


Progress........

Clive
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    So they wouldn't work then.There are lots of places where they don't work due to poor GSM coverage. But they are still being fitted as it is government policy. We have been consistently lied to about the so called benefits, the most draconian lie being that they are free when in fact we are all paying through increased bills.


    Of course there are exceptions where people can't read the meter. In these cases it is up to the electricity company to do so as has traditionally been done.


    Once we all have smart meters fluid pricing will come next when prices increase when everyone is cooking dinner. Do you want that? It is already happening in Australia.
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    So they wouldn't work then.There are lots of places where they don't work due to poor GSM coverage. But they are still being fitted as it is government policy. We have been consistently lied to about the so called benefits, the most draconian lie being that they are free when in fact we are all paying through increased bills.


    Of course there are exceptions where people can't read the meter. In these cases it is up to the electricity company to do so as has traditionally been done.


    Once we all have smart meters fluid pricing will come next when prices increase when everyone is cooking dinner. Do you want that? It is already happening in Australia.
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