Any downsides to a smart meter?
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I have done that three times now because they keep going silent on me (which they have done yet again) and I still don't have a working IHD.
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You can download the Geo Home app on your phone and link it to that, mine isn't fully working yet though so I'm not sure exactly what information you get.
They've been okay for me, after sending them a photo of the rear a couple of days ago it's showing connected to my meter now, though it isn't actually pulling any data about usage etc yet.
Unfortunately it seems to have disconnected my old IHD in the process.
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Don't pay attention to prices in your IHD, mine for some reason won't show electricity standing charge and now will only show gas standing charge once gas has been used, when midnight ticked over it used to show the cost for the day which was both standard charges until the time change happened.
It also doesn't get smart tariff changes and uses defaults for gas/electric, I basically use mine for the "Now" view and to get meter readings without leaving my chair
Soldato
Having had a smart meter for about a month now, just a quick question. Octopus have been getting readings almost the whole time but, after we switched to the Flux tariff, it's showing both electric and gas on the main screen (which I'm fairly sure it wasn't before). We are purely electric so the gas section shows nothing, but is there any way to get rid of that as it's completely redundant? I can't see anything obvious in the settings.
Mine has always shown correct pricing across 4 different providers. It can take a few days to update when a tariff changes but that's all.Don't pay attention to prices in your IHD, mine for some reason won't show electricity standing charge and now will only show gas standing charge once gas has been used, when midnight ticked over it used to show the cost for the day which was both standard charges until the time change happened.
It also doesn't get smart tariff changes and uses defaults for gas/electric, I basically use mine for the "Now" view and to get meter readings without leaving my chair
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Mine for electric doesn't show agile and for the tracker gas it defaults to the standard price.
For standard tariffs it may be ok but not for smart.
Not sure why it shows 0 for standing charge though.
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From yesterday lunchtime Octopus actually did something and our IHD is finally 50% working now. Unfortunately the gas side still doens't work. It's taken just over a month to get this far!!
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Luckily the IHD isn't important though as your meter is still working regardless if it, heck I reckon most people have them stuck in a drawer somewhere.
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It is.
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Soldato
That can happen with the old meters too……stop reading rubbish i would say.
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I read that the Earth is flat and 5G caused covid, and Elvis is alive and well on the moon.
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Elvis is alive….sweet
Our next door neighbor's black labrador is called "Elivis". He is alive and well.
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It's nice to see how much you are using on both electricity and gas though.
Soldato
I suppose if you want a live(ish) view of your kWh draw it is handy, but you can get an app for free that does a similar thing and that would be far smarter as you can take where ever you go
Na. I am not an energy snob