Electric meter advice

[Stevejd58]

To be clear I have no intention of messing with this, I just need to pick a few brains on the following.

British gas are sending me this on a regular basis, a ploy I think to get me to install a smart meter which i don't want.

"The radio service that supports your meter is being switched off. So we need to replace your electricity meter to make sure it continues to work after June 2025.
Your current meter switches rates using a radio signal, helping your meter change between day and night rates. This is often used by people who have electric storage systems, panel heaters or immersion heaters in water tanks – as some of these typically charge up overnight."

My current meter is an AMPY Reporter 5184A which, if I have read the manual correctly Ampy 5184A manual doesn't have a radio connection.
Have I got this right and its a BG trick to get me to swap to a smart meter?

 

[snowhead]

Mista-Z
As Brian has said, meter change not required.
I've got a dual rate meter and Octopus and before that Shell and before that Robin Hood Energy all used the combined reading for the total.

5196D has a Certification period of 25 yrs

My 2008 5254E has a certification period of 20yrs

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66aa06d549b9c0597fdb0846/electricity-meters-schedule-4-240730.pdf

 

[Simon47]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66aa06d549b9c0597fdb0846/electricity-meters-schedule-4-240730.pdf

Ooh, useful. Just looked mine up, and since it says "Property of Norweb" assume it is faily old. But with a 30 year certification, still got (if I assume the sticker saying "certified 6 00" means June 2000) another 5 1/2 years

Interesting to look down the list and see one meter certified for 45 years, while there are huge numbers only certified for 10 years. When you think how long it's taken to not fit everyone with a new smart meter, and it looks a lot like they are replacing meters that had 20 year, 25 year, or even longer lives with ones that have a 10 year life at best - how long before they just fit a socket for it to plug into and post out new meters for the customer to swap (he writes, only slightly tongue in cheek)

 

[freddo]

I seem to recall the last time I read my suppliers smart meter terms and conditions, it suggested the smart meters needed replacing every 5 years!