On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:56:47 +0100, The Wanderer wrote:

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:42:14 +0100, PeterC wrote:

Eon just called and replace my meter with an Ampy 5246C.
Just in passing, the chap mentioned that it runs on GMT for Economy 7, so
will switch at 0700 when we change the clocks. Means that stuff that I do
before 0800 now will be on the higher rate.

The old meter was switched by radio signal and ususally switched at 0803
all year round.

The new meter (made by a subsidiary of Landis & Gyr, a highly respected
name in the field of metrology and protection) is also controlled by radio
tele switching. What's your problem?

That it's not enabled/addressed. I have a radio-adjusted clock, but I can
turn off the receiver (I prefer it to be a bit fast. Just because it's
built in doesn't mean that it has to be used by default - there's a lot of
that in telephone exchanges.

Typical that modern technology can't do what the old stuff did - well, it
could but... It could have been switched via mains, I'd have thought.

Ah, I see. You're moaning because your winter time E7 *might* just be
switched at the times published for the E7 tariff. Of course, you won't
find this out until the clocks change, so it's not a 'rip off' at all then?

Have you looked at your electricity supplier's web site? Have you asked
them what the time periods for E7 are?

As usual: 7 hours between 0000 and 0800, so 0700 is implied as possible,
not published as definite.

The electrician said that the meters are supplied as GMT only and warned me
about being on the higher rate at 0700 in the winter.
It's a bit like BT or some [other] ISP changing the times.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.