Warning meters in 300,000 homes could stop working

mapj1 said:

Unless the off-peak load is being removed, I can't quickly see why you'd want to combine meter tails - and I can well imagine the meter fitter could not either.

Mike.

The meter change has been triggered by the switch off, but my understanding is that the customer is also replacing the storage heaters with heaters that have built in timers and will use a 24 hour supply. The switch to new heaters is delayed due to budget, I think there is a significant risk that the customer doesn't find the budget by the time things get cold, which may question the decision.

I thought all new meters just had a single output and the peak, off peak was just based on time of day and the customer was responsible for implementing any timed switch required. So the customer appears to have no choice but to change, then either switch to new heaters or have me install a timer with contactor to drive the storage heaters.

mapj1 said:

Unless the off-peak load is being removed, I can't quickly see why you'd want to combine meter tails - and I can well imagine the meter fitter could not either.

Mike.

The meter change has been triggered by the switch off, but my understanding is that the customer is also replacing the storage heaters with heaters that have built in timers and will use a 24 hour supply. The switch to new heaters is delayed due to budget, I think there is a significant risk that the customer doesn't find the budget by the time things get cold, which may question the decision.

I thought all new meters just had a single output and the peak, off peak was just based on time of day and the customer was responsible for implementing any timed switch required. So the customer appears to have no choice but to change, then either switch to new heaters or have me install a timer with contactor to drive the storage heaters.