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  • Re: Smart Meter - How to Check if its on Night or Day Rate

    From Theo@21:1/5 to Simon M on Mon Feb 12 16:55:56 2024
    Simon M <mitchmunden@gmail.com> wrote:
    I have a Itron EM425-UK2 smart electric meter but cannot see any
    indication of whether its on Day or Night rate or 'Rate 1' or '2', (I'm on Economy7) at any particular time. My Home Display is erratic and probably wrong as it shows night rate at 11:43am!

    On the old school meters there was a (mechanical) flag but on this new one
    I can't see any indication at all, can anyone help please because I
    suspect the times are set wrong? I have been through the menus but
    there's nothing in there that helps.

    Turn on a heavy load like an oven and see which reading goes up?

    Theo

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Simon M on Fri Feb 16 07:44:37 2024
    Simon M <mitchmunden@gmail.com> wrote:

    Is it 4 or 5 terminal?

    Owain
    Its a 4 terminal one and also I don't want to break the seal as I don't
    want to give EDF any suspicion that I've been in there.

    I can't understand why some days the Home Display shows the meter being
    on the 16p/kwh night rate as late as 11:43 yet on other days its reverts
    to the day rate (correctly) about 07:30; its either a genuine meter rate changeover fault or its the Home Display not getting the message from the meter that the rate has changed from night to day until much later.

    Very frustrating, I might rig up an LED from the E7 consumer unit.

    Thanks for your help.


    Do EDF give you bills with half hourly data or otherwise indicate when the rates change during the day?

    Tim

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