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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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    GeorgeCooke:

    You didn't HAVE to deal with estimated bills. You just had to give them a reading once a month. That is all you had to do.


    Now the rest of us have to pay for yours and all the other smart meters through higher bills.




    The major cost to any large concern is its labour force to action the thousands of received readings, a process of verification, policing, compliants procedures etc. That leaves little perceived profit for the investors and directors. So unless there's a radical seed change in peoples thinking, it is unlikely that this financial feudal system will change.

    So get rid of the workforce and automate the supply and collection. It doesn't matter how much it cost for the immediate future as it will generate a fortune for those who have bought into the investment  and hold the shares....


    Legh

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    GeorgeCooke:

    You didn't HAVE to deal with estimated bills. You just had to give them a reading once a month. That is all you had to do.


    Now the rest of us have to pay for yours and all the other smart meters through higher bills.




    The major cost to any large concern is its labour force to action the thousands of received readings, a process of verification, policing, compliants procedures etc. That leaves little perceived profit for the investors and directors. So unless there's a radical seed change in peoples thinking, it is unlikely that this financial feudal system will change.

    So get rid of the workforce and automate the supply and collection. It doesn't matter how much it cost for the immediate future as it will generate a fortune for those who have bought into the investment  and hold the shares....


    Legh

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