Smart meters yes or no?

[Tom Christopher]

Been an electrician for around 10 years and always get asked about my view on smart meters. Which every time I’m asked I say that I’m unsure on the whole matter....

Recently moved house and in the middle of renovating it. Just had a letter through about changing over to smart meters for Gas & Electric

What are people’s thoughts on them?

 

[suffolkspark]

no

 

[Tom Christopher]

no

Very helpful

 

[Octopus]

Over my dead body ...

Smart meter installations suffer sharpest drop yet as 'people refuse to have them in their homes' - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/29/smart-meter-installations-suffer-sharpest-ever-drop-households/

 

[SJD]

Not for me. They shouldn't have been rolled out till there was a standard that worked across all suppliers. Plus there should have been a user-accessible isolator, which if I recall was rejected due to cost (or maybe because it hit the revenue of those who charge to fit a separate isolator).

 

[Rpa07]

No as well - the advert on the tele that tells people that they can save money by having a smart meter is bunkum.
People have the ability to save money right now by thinking, educating themselves and updating lighting and such like. It doesn’t take a new meter to do that.

 

[Silly Sausage]

No as well - the advert on the tele that tells people that they can save money by having a smart meter is bunkum.
People have the ability to save money right now by thinking, educating themselves and updating. It doesn’t take a new meter to do that.

Those adverts fry my brains!
They're verging on total lying, which I'm sure is not allowed.
They're are deception at least, I'm amazed they get away with it.

 

[ruston]

Misleading claptrap, only there for their own agenda.

 

[buzzlightyear]

will send a link soon about a**meters .

 

[Strima]

No.

And I won’t until they make them compatible across all suppliers and they are upfront about their data collection.

 

[buzzlightyear]

 

[Wilko]

And it's a no from me, too.
Just another thing for some pimply faced teenager to hack, in my grumpy old man opinion (IMGOMO).

 

[Rpa07]

IMGOMO is that what Tarzan used to say to Cheeta the chimpanzee - oh that was UNGAWA! Sorry, carry on berating supposed progress!

Wait - you can’t stop me now I’ve leant the way to link
Umgawa

 

[Andy5678]

I would rather they spent the money on re-newable energy.

Would be smarter if people read their meters and submitted the readings online manually for now till there is a better system in place.

 

[buzzlightyear]

if I waist money on electricity ,what is to do with them ,I still pay for it ,so when can they install me one in the chicken coupe .